X.org & Hoary

[Eamonn Sullivan]

On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 09:16:12 +0100, Michael Anckaert
<michael.anckaert at scarlet.be> wrote:
> Hello all,
> Yesterday, I successfully upgraded my Warty to Hoary. On Warty, Xfree86
> picked the correct setting of 2048x1024 screen resolution. But when I
> upgraded to Hoary and installed X.org, I only get 1024x768 (wich makes a
> HUGE difference for me).
> I tried messing around with the config file but had no success. Can
> anyone give my a tip or some help on how to get back to 2048x1024?

Try running 

$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

I had similar problems initially, but after trying a few options I was
able to get it to work. If you run this in a terminal in Gnome, you
should get a decent graphical configuration tool.