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