help with screen resolution settings

[Duncan Lithgow]

On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 10:17 -0500, Ken N9VV wrote:
> Hi, I have looked all over the web and Ubuntu Help and can't find out 
> how to get my systemn --> preferences --> screen resolution to pick up 
> on all the possibilities for my video card and monitor. I found the 
> 915resolution -l command and generated a nice output, but I can't find a 
> way to get xorg.conf to pick up all these higher resolution modes. 
> Somehow it is stuck at 1024x768x32
> any suggestions?

Here's the help I got:

You're going to have to edit your xorg.conf file and add them. It's a
little annoying that it doesnt always detect all of them


Code:
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   sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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checkout this section


Code:
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       SubSection "Display"

               Depth           24

               Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
"640x480"

       EndSubSection
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and just add the resolutions you need.

next time you restart X, it should work for you. if not, do you have
the best driver available?