[xubuntu-users] Add new resolution on Toshiba Portege

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:41:44 +0100
Marko Oreskovic <markoresko at gmail.com> wrote:

> David Curtis wrote:
> > <jim at multilink.com.au> wrote:
> >> Have installed Xubuntu on a old Toshiba Portege and all looks
> >> good, except.. cannot get the display to use all the screen.  The
> >> max resolution avaialbe
> > Oh, and open up a terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal),
> > type 'sudo mousepad /etc/X11/xorg.conf' at the prompt, to manually
> > edit the file.
> 
> Since there is no xorg.conf in newer revisions of Xorg in recent
> Ubnutu, does anyone knows proper system way of making changes to X
> settings regarding resolution, etc, without using xorg.conf?
> 
> 

The file should be used if you create it. Even on Jaunty, the file is
created but is mostly empty.

Good luck,

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