problems with resolution settings and sudo

[Paul Sladen]

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, saum wrote:

Hello Saum,

> can anyone tell me how to log into the UBUNTU 5.04 as root, i am
> unable to log in as root.

Run commands with 'sudo', a la:

  sudo pico /etc/config_file
  sudo apt-get install ...

and enter your own password when asked.  See the documentation at:

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RootSudo

> I also have a problem with my screen resolution, it is fixed at
> 640x480 and with a 17" i am having a hell of a time trying to do much
> meaningfull work around esp since my XP and shrike has 1200x1024.

Your monitor maybe returning duff (in-accurate) information about what
resolution capabilities it has.  If you edit the Xorg.conf file and remove
the lines about Horizontal and Vertical Refresh limits you should be able to
get the higher resolutions:

  sudo pico /etc/X11/Xorg.conf

Hope that helps,

	-Paul
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