Feeling stupid now (was Upgraded to Ubuntu 7.10, now resolution stuck at 1600x1200)

[Leo Mauler]

I did some poking around over the weekend and
discovered /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

In this file I discovered essentially the same video
display text I remembered from editing XFree86 config
files.  As root I backed up the original xorg.conf,
then edited all the "Mode" lines in xorg.conf to only
have "1024x768" and "800x600" in them, keeping 800x600
just as a backup alternative.  "1024x768" is set as
the default for all color depths.

Now not only does the regular desktop stay at
1024x768, the graphical login screen has also become
1024x768.

It wasn't the Ubuntu "the end user is always an idiot"
philosophy, but it worked.

--- Leo Mauler <webgiant at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I just upgraded to Ubuntu 7.10.  Now the 
> screen resolution is stuck at 1600x1200.  My 
> monitor is straining to do this resolution 
> and the screen is all bendy.

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