[RLUG] Screen Resolutions

[Erin Quinlan]

On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 02:20:41PM -0800, Dennis Bagley wrote:
> What do I need to modify to add more screen resolutions to my choices in
> Ubuntu/Debian.  I am guessing it is one of the conf or cf files, but
> which?
> 
> At present my only choices are: 1024x768, 800x600 and 640x480.  I would
> like to add at least 1240X1024.
> 

Try 

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

1) Answer the questions normally
2) Say no to Monitor Autodetection
3) select your resolutions
4) select medium and whatever max resolution your monitor can do
5) answer *NO* to "Write monitor sync ranges to configuration file?"

/etc/init.d/gdm restart

xorg should be smart enough to figure out how to drive most modern 
monitors nowdays

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