Make sure X gets restarted. A good way to ensure this is
'Ctrl+Alt+Backspace' from within gnome or the login screen. Then the
login screen should restart itself.

Grant

On 11/9/05, Dennis Bagley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks Ed,
>
> I went into the xorg.conf file and changed the mode lines for
> resolution like so:
>  SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           24
>                 Modes           "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x1024"
> "1200x800" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>
> But I do not seem to be able to go above 1024x768 with the gnome GUI
> tool.
>
> Dennis
>
>
>
> On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 14:32 -0800, Ed Jaeger wrote:
> > /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> >
> > I just got a nice 1440x900 LCD for home & had to add a mode line for it 
> > (after I
> > got a new card that would support it), so I can help you out if it's 
> > confusing.
> >
> > Dennis Bagley wrote:
> >
> > > What do I need to modify to add more screen resolutions to my choices in
> > > Ubuntu/Debian.  I am guessing it is one of the conf or cf files, but
> > > which?
> > >
> > > At present my only choices are: 1024x768, 800x600 and 640x480.  I would
> > > like to add at least 1240X1024.
> > >
> > >
> > > Dennis
> > >
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