[wellylug] Xorg screen resolution issues

[Steve]

Daniel Pittman wrote:
> Steve Macdonald <dakmani1 at yahoo.co.nz> writes:
>
>   
>> I am running kubuntu dapper and have noticed that I
>> cant change the screen resolution to 1280x800. The max
>> it allows is 1024x768. I have also noticed that in
>> xorg.conf that it is using the "versa" driver not the
>>     
>
> That would be "vesa" rather than "versa" I presume?
>
>   
>> sis driver which checking adept says that the sis
>> driver is installed.
>>
>> Now in suse it works perfectly, infect the default
>> resolution is set to 1280x800.
>>
>> How can I solve this?
>>     
>
> Two methods that might work:
>
> First, try manually changing the configuration of the X server.
>
> Run the command 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-xorg' and answer
> the questions.
>
> Try having it do automatic detection and stuff, but if that doesn't
> work, manually give the answers you want.
>
>
> If, and I recommend only if, that doesn't help then you can edit
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf yourself to impose the correct settings.
>
> Leave that as a last resort, and consult the manual page for that file,
> to understand how.
>
> Regards,
>         Daniel
>   
Yeah sorry about the typo. The first one worked a treat and makes it 
look so much better. Thanks heaps for that.