On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 15:39 +0000, keith wrote: > > > Over the weekend, however, I had the bright idea of using a TP-Link wireless > dongle. This works a treat and now I have 9.10 up and running /almost/ > perfectly. > > There is one fly in the ointment, though, and that is the display. Ubuntu > defaults to 800x600 every time I boot up. Naturally I reset the display to > the monitor's preferred mode, 1920x1080 but on trying to save this setting I > receive the error message "Failed to parse existing X config file > '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'!". > > I wonder if anyone can advise me how I can save the configuration permanently. > > Many thanks, > > Keith.
I had this myself once, I think the issue was either: Need root privileges to edit xorg.conf - use sudo nvidia-settings. There is no xorg.conf - create one with sudo nvidia-xconfig then use sudo nvidia-settings to modify and save with the desired screen resolution. Guy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
