Display configurating meaning X -configure, right? And restarting X meaning 
rebooting the computer? As you've probably seen in one of the other reply to 
Miles, I am pretty newbie to the Linux world.  But I love Linux from what 
I've seen so far.  Thanks in advance Harish~


>From: Harish Narayanan <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Kevin Byun <[log in to unmask]>
>CC: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: setting the screen resolution
>Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:01:04 -0500
>
>Kevin Byun wrote:
> > I am having a trouble with the screen resolution with my laptop on
> > Linux.  The setting on my laptop is currently 800 X 600 from the
> > installation of linux.  However, I need to have the resolution setting
> > to be 1280 X 768.  The setting on "Resolution" application doesn't
> > show the selection of 1280 X 768.
> > I don't have the file Xorg in /etc/X11 directory and I am lost.  Could
> > you experts show me the ways to fixing this problem?
>If you're tentative about tweaking configuration files, try running the
>display configuration application (as root) again. One of the tabs on
>the top (I am just guessing, I haven't seen it in a while) is hardware
>settings. Just choose your monitor type as 'Generic LCD 1280x768',
>restart X and you should have that option the next time you run the
>resolution chooser.
>
>Harish