Pascal Khoury wrote: > Hope everyone's well. I am new to the forum. I have installed Ubuntu > on my Dell Inspiron 6400, and I am trying to configure my screen > resolution with no success. The resolution is by default 1024x768, > and this is too small for my screen. I wonder if someone can help.
Pascal >>> I've had problems with Ubuntu not detecting the graphics on my Dell Inspiron correctly (tho' mine's an old 8200). In addition to the various suggestions friends here have already given, I found the following useful: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FixVideoResolutionHowto I would recommend that you back up your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file before doing any editing suggested in the HowTo. E.g. in a terminal do sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.old Then, if Gnome doesn't restart properly, you can do Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get a terminal screen, reinstate the original xorg.conf file with sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.old /etc/X11/xorg.conf and restart. (Sorry if this is teaching grandma to suck eggs - it's just that I'm relatively new to GNU/Linux, and like full details myself!) HTH Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
