problem with resolution

[SS]

Hi

--- Bryann Melvin <brymelvin at melvinart.com> wrote:

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> > Message: 5
> > Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:48:17 -0800 (PST)
> > From: SS <supersonic_528 at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Problem with resolution
> > To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I just installed Ubuntu (using it for the first
> time),
> > but I can hardly see anything on the GNOME
> desktop.
> > Perhaps I need to reduce the resolution, but
> > everything is so blurry that I cannot even read
> the
> > options. Can some body tell me the exact steps to
> get
> > to the resolution option? If you tell me the
> position
> > for each option in the drop down menu, that will
> be
> > really helpful.
> > 
> > Thanks for your help.
> > 
> I saw several answers telling you where the menu
> item is...

Yes, I could change the resolution from the desktop.

> Maybe this will help:
> 
> IF you selected several possible resolutions  during
> install there is a
> simple way to scan through them 
> 
> use <ctrl> <alt> <keypad + or ->  (the number
> keypad) This will switch
> between the resolutions installed. 

I tried this after reading your reply, but doesn't
seem to work. I think there are more than one possible
resolutions available, since it gave me those choices
from System -> Preferences -> Screen Resolution.

> if you need to read them maybe someone can email
> them to youif you can't
> read them from a terminal  (try man xorg.conf or if
> your gui is marginal
> calling "xterm" first may help. 

If I am changing /etc/X11/xorg.conf, then which field
should I change for resolution? I saw the man page,
still it's not very clear. Is it the "Virtual xdim
ydim" field in "Display" subsection (in the "Screen"
section) that I have to modify? Also I saw that there
can be several Display subsections. Which one is
actually used?

Thanks.

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