Screen resoluton

[Jeff]

Willl this also work to increase the refresh rate beyond 60 Hz?  The
flicker at that rate makes my eyes hurt after a while.

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>> My original install of Ubuntu set itself at a default screen
>> resolution of 640 X 480.
>> The preferences panel has no other resolution offered .
>> How can I remedy this? I usually run at 1024 x 768.
>> thanks
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> edit the xorg.conf file adding the resolutions your system supports.
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> sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> Look for "Modes"
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> Mine looks like this:
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> Modes      "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624"
> "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
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> I had to add all but "1280x1024", which was added during the install.
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> If this doesn't work right off, you will likely have to create some
> "Modelines" which is more complicated. Google is your friend here, since
> someone likely has already done this on a system similar to yours.
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> You may also want to change your DefaultDepth to 24 if it isn't already.
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