fixing monitor settings 8.04

[NoOp]

On 12/08/2008 09:59 PM, Mike McMullin wrote:
>   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.
> 
> 

Backup the xorg.conf file. From a terminal:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

That will try to fix the X server (it's the same thing that selecting
option #4 in the recovery boot does) and set a generic xorg.conf. Note:
you can view the script for the xfix option here:

cat /usr/share/recovery-mode/options/xfix

Or, if you know what type of graphic card & monitor, you can try with a GUI:

gksu displayconfig-gtk