Foolproof fix for screen resolution?

[NoOp]

On 09/04/2008 05:38 PM, Burgoo King wrote:
> Greetings and thanks in advance for assistance.
> 
> In a nutshell, what is the easiest and most foolproof way for me to 
> change my screen resolution from 1680x1050 to a more readable 1280x768?  
> The resolution that I want is not offered as a choice in the drop-down 
> list under System>Preferences>Screen Resolution.
> 
> 
> I've installed hardy-heron which seems to work well except for the 
> screen resolution.
> 
> My home-made desktop computer has an Intel 82865G (i810) graphics 
> adapter on the motherboard.  The monitor is a Samsung SyncMaster 204BW 
> 20" flat-screen TFT-LCD monitor.
> 

Nothing is foolproof; I'd recommend right-clicking Applications then
select "Edit Menus", and under "Other" check the box for "Screens and
Graphics". Exit the menu editor and then bring up
Applications|Other|Screens and Graphics. Select your monitor (Model drop
down), Samsung|204... and click OK. Select the resolution & frequency
then click OK. *Do not* mess with anything else (Graphics Card etc).
Log out and then log back in & see if that works.

If it does not, or if it makes things worse, then boot in recovery mode
and select the 4th option to try xfix. Let xfix do it's thing & then
select option 1 to continue to boot normally.