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bwehrspann
October 1st, 2008, 05:13 AM
Hello-

I would like a better screen resolution than 800x600 or 640x400

How do I get those choices to come up on screen resolution?

WWSmith36
October 1st, 2008, 05:18 AM
To increase you screen resolution you can use a tool to change your xserver setting like your video card driver and monitor. The tool is called displayconfig-gtk.

If displayconfig-gtk is not install you can install by typing


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install displayconfig-gtk

Open a terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type


sudo displayconfig-gtk

Try to configure your monitor to get more resolutions. You can select your monitor from the list or try to add it with the inf file from monitor driver cd, disk, or download.

After configuring you should reboot

Hope this helps