Quality Control Suggestion

[Oliver Grawert]

hi,
Am Donnerstag, den 04.05.2006, 16:23 -0700 schrieb Matt Zimmerman:
> > Q- How do I change/fix my screen resolution?
> > 
> > A- [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FixVideoResolutionHowto 
> 
> The md5sum finagling described here has not been necessary for some time
> (since Hoary?).  dpkg-reconfigure will overwrite the existing configuration
> file and automatically make a backup.
> 
> Rather than hand-editing the configuration file, it should be much easier to
> run dpkg-reconfigure, select the "Advanced" option for monitor
> configuration, and enter the sync ranges there.  This will allow the config
> file to be managed by the packaging system during upgrades, so that changes
> to font paths, etc. will take place automatically.  The same is true for the
> DefaultDepth and "GDM uses a different resolution" advice: this can be
> configured using dpkg-reconfigure.
> 
i'd go even further and suggest to install gkdebconf here so you can run
gksudo "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" through alt-f2 and have a
completely gui driven confgurator that might appear less scary than the
ncurses frontend to users and you dont need a terminal at all.

ciao
	oli
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