Screen resolution and no sound!

Johan ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org
Tue Jan 11 22:40:55 UTC 2005


kozuch Wrote: 
> Hi,
> 
> i've got the same problem - after 1st upgrate after installation, the
> screen resolution went down from 1280x800 to just 640x480. I ran sudo
> "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86", but it didn't ask about resolution
> and nothing happened.
> 
> Please save me! I've got huuuuge windows all over my LCD...
> 
> Runnung on Toshiba Satellite M35X btw...
> 
> Jan
You could do it the messy way by editing the /etc/X11/XFree86config-4.
In the file, you should look for lines: Modes "640x480".

Add the mode you'd like in front of that one so that it looks like:
Modes "1600x1200" "640x480"

Then restart x by writing sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart.


-- 
Johan




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