Change screen resolution

[Alfred Vahau]

Thank You Rob,
Found the steps and can troubleshoot the problem now

Alfred Vahau


Hodgins Family wrote:

> Hello Alfred:
>
>> System Configuration->Screen Resolution
>> display 640x480 which is too big for my monitor.
>> There are no other values and the pull down menu referred
>> to in the Gnome help on Screen Resolution settings does
>> not work.
>
>
> It goes something like this:
>
> 1) Ctrl Alt F1 to a terminal.
> 2) sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
>
> Move through the various screens until you reach one that lets you 
> select various resolutions (there is quite a few).
> Make sure that your monitor supports the resolutions that you want.
>
> 3) Ctrl Alt F7 gets you back to your desktop. You might have to log 
> out then back in or maybe reboot (Can't recall)
>
> Rob
>
>