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ubuntu resolution help

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  • 24-03-2009 11:32pm
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    agent 47
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    i accidently sent the resolution wrong while use Ubuntu, now i cant see anything on screen. I also use vista on the same pc but i can see whats going on the screen there. Help please


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    Orion
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    from a terminal run:
    dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

    That will take you through all the xorg setting again. You can boot to terminal by pressing Escape at the grub screen.


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    agent 47
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    Im only new to ubuntu so I could be doing something wrong but I pressed escape on the grub screen but nothing happened.
    I logged and press crtl+alt+f4 and type it in but said you need to run from boot. I dont know what i did wrong.


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    Orion
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    I think it said from root so:
    sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

    It will ask for a password - just enter your own one.


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    agent 47
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    yeah i tried but got no where. It was asking me about keyboard layout and something about the tab key, after that a black dialog box pop up that had my computers name@my name(theowl@gary) or somthing. I entered the code again but it took me back to the start of the keyboard thing


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    try a different monitor if you have one

    will ubuntu rebuild the xorg.conf file if you delete it ?


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    Orion
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    the reconfigure does everything for xorg - which inludes keyboard and mouse settings. The tab key is used for moving between the buttons. For keyb/mouse you can probably just press enter until you get to the screen resolution setup area.

    Capt'n - it will - but will use default settings iirc.


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