Help with new monitor

[Corey Bettenhausen]

Russell Blau wrote:
> I have Ubuntu (Hoary) installed on an Intel 486DX2 box.  I have two
> computers (the Ubuntu box and a Windows box) sharing a keyboard, mouse, and
> monitor using a KVM switch.
> 
> This weekend I installed a new LCD monitor.  It works fine with the Windows
> box.  When I switch to Ubuntu I see the boot process just fine (in text
> mode), but then when Gnome kicks in for the login screen the monitor goes
> blank and I see "Cannot display current graphics mode."  So, the only way I
> can get into Ubuntu now is by SSH'ing to it from another machine.
> 
> Here's the question -- somewhere on my system there is probably a file that
> tells Gnome what the default graphics mode should be.  How do I find and
> change that file to put in some plain-vanilla graphics mode that my new
> monitor should be able to handle?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Russ Blau
> 
> 

Check out /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
-Corey