[Tfug] monitor resolution

[Malcolm Schmerl]

Judd Pickell wrote:
> Did you enable the restricted drivers? I am not sure about ATI, but
> for it to work with my nVidia 8500GT, I had to enable the restricted
> drivers for it.
>
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Malcolm Schmerl <mjs355 at comcast.net> wrote:
>   
>> Glen Pfeiffer wrote:
>>     
>>> On Tue Jul 15, 2008 at 05:17:17PM -0700, Malcolm Schmerl wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> I later found a ATI Rage 9200 which I'm sure is capable of a
>>>> much higher resolution but after installing it, I find that I'm
>>>> still stuck with the low resolution. I assume that something
>>>> needs to be changed in the system files.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> You'll need to update your configuration. If running XOrg, it
>>> will probably be in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
>>>
>>> Depending on the distribution you use, there are tools to help
>>> you reconfigure. For example, on Debian and its derivatives, as
>>> root you can use:
>>>
>>> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> Glenn, I tried the above command. It only gave me options to change the
>> keyboard (nice tool, though). My distribution is Ubuntu 8.04. Does
>> anyone know the correct tool to change the video configuration? Thanks,
>> Malcolm
>>
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I got it! Went into the Ubuntu chat room and somebody told me to run 
gksudo displayconfig-gtk   . That did it.
Many thanks for your suggestions. Malcolm