How to Cure Fuzzy Xorg Display?

Kenton Brede kbrede at nixnotes.org
Fri Apr 8 16:49:54 UTC 2005


On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 12:44:29PM -0400, Ed Sutherland (digital at twcny.rr.com) wrote:
> I just installed Ubuntu 5.04. When GDM starts the display is fuzzy, out 
> of focus and 640x480 is the only resolution available in Gnome. I fired 
> up dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and went through the 'Advanced' display 
> setup, entering my horiz and vert resolutions (30-63 and 56-76). Reboot 
> -- the same problems. I fixed this in the previous install with the 
> reconfigure, but this time it doesn't seem to work. Any ideas? Thanks.

I noticed when I did this I had to move my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file out
of the way first and then 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg'  
hth,
Kent

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