screen resolution

[thischarmingman]

Hi
After accidentally installing the wrong driver using envy I am now unable to change my screen resolution to anything higher than 640X480. The envy driver is installed but it hasn't changed anything. Currently using 8.04 hardy heron LTS, ibm thinkpad t40, radeon 7500. Help will be much appreciated!

[Zorael]

Have you asked envy to remove the driver, to get it properly out of your system? (pun)

To reset your X configuration, enter the following commands. The graphical environment will then start with the default vesa driver, at which point you're back to square one, whereupon you can try a different approach. It'll make a backup of the file, too.

$ sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.backup0805
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

It'll ask some questions, then it's done. Save your work, then restart X with Ctrl+Alt+Backspace.

[angry_johnnie]

Zorael is right, but i think that should be

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

[Zorael]

Er, yes, thanks. I suck. :<

[thischarmingman]

Thanks guys!