Screen resolution loop [help!]

[Rashkae]

David Armour wrote:
> Rashkae <ubuntu <at> tigershaunt.com> writes:
> 
>>> <snip> 
>>>>> screen resolution seems flawed, at this point. 
>>>>>
>>>> David, I still haven't heard, have you tried the Xfix solution?  (ie,
>>>> boot into rescue mode from your grub menu and choose xfix option from
>> Keep in mind that after you do xfix, you will probably have to start the
>> restricted driver manager and enable the binary driver for your video
>> (ATI or Nvidia),,but a clean slate xorg.conf from xfix should at least
>> get you going.
> 
> Reporting in...:
> 
> Hitting ESC during the boot sequence did allow me to continue booting in
> recovery mode which subsequently enabled xfix, fsck, and the eventual resumption
> of standard log in. (Thank you for suggesting that strategy.) 
> 
> BUT, no amount of tinkering in the console, left or right mouse button clicking,
> or downloading and installing an additional 137 updates led any closer to
> increased screen real estate. A couple of times -- sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
> ...for example, or crtl-alt-backspace -- in fact led back to that ol' black
> screen, the reset button, and good old recovery mode re-booting. A few consoles
> reported "command not found" for stuff such as "sudo nvidia-config", or display
> info screens with puzzling contents such as "a gvfsd-trash closed unexpectedly",
> or "Desktop effects could not be enabled." 

Should be in your System - Administration menu.  i believe it's just
labeled "Hardware Drivers" now.