Screen Resolution

Martin J Hooper martinjh at blueyonder.co.uk
Sun May 29 14:16:46 UTC 2005


Tim Holmes wrote:
> Good Morning -- I am a new user of Ubuntu, and I have hit what may be a
> critical snag
> 
> When in install it, the only resolution available to me is 640 x 480.
> 
> I have tried the menu method to change the resolution -- under system
> settings, and that only gives me one option 640x480
> 
> I cant seem to find anything by googling either.

Try this at a prompt:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg


This will attempt to probe your graphics card and monitor settings and 
allow you to choose a better resolution.





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