gnome

[Shannon McMackin]

'Forum Post wrote:
> You can always reconfigure Xorg to have multiple choices for resoultion:
> 
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
> 
> Near the end, you will find the section that asks you for a list of
> resolutions, just mark the ones you would like, and restart X.
> 
> You also might make sure that you are using a card specific driver (you
> can choose in this setup) and that you are not using a generic low
> quality one.
> 
> Cheers,
> Cb
> 
> 
I would say that you need to define your monitor and display variables 
that are being used.  It should be in the Gnome preferences section for 
display. If it says generic display, then that's probably why it's only 
640x480.

Shannon