fixing monitor settings 8.04

Tue Dec 9 05:59:18 UTC 2008

  How does one correct the monitor settings in 8.04?  After an update
they got hosed, and the user is cranking about the low resolution
settings.  The settings appear correct when booting the live CD, but
the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file has useless info in the monitor section, but
seems to have correctly configured the device.
Menu->appearance->Monitor settings has greyed out sections and the low
res settings when the system is booted from the install.