[Tfug] video tool

[Kramer Lee]

We used to be able to directly edit xorg.conf to set a maximum color
depth, for my old video card I had to set it to 16, then I could get
1280x1024 to match the monitor.  Debian still has a
not-completely-automatic Xorg and allows me to put the line:

DefaultDepth         16

in the Screen part of the xorg.conf file.  So for that computer I have
given up on Ubuntu and use Debian.

With 9.10 you also get Grub 2, which has a lot different way of
changing its settings than did Grub 1, so that is another learning
curve.  Debian doesn't use Grub 2 yet either.

On 5/28/10, Malcolm <mjs355 at comcast.net> wrote:
> I recently installed Ubuntu 9.10 on an old HP laptop (Plll) and can't
> get video resolution over 800x600. I know there used to be a tool to
> configure the video. Anyone know what it is?
>
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