[wellylug] Resolution outside of range

Roger Searle roger at stepahead.org.nz
Mon Oct 20 09:48:48 NZDT 2008


Rimu Atkinson wrote:
>> 3.) Use a text editor like vi to edit your X
>> configuration file. On my Debian computer, it's
>> named 
>>
>>     /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
>>   
>>     
> On my ubuntu machine, the file is /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>   
>> 4.) Scroll down to the line which says
>>
>>     Section "Device"
>>
>> 5.) Change "Driver" back to whatever it was
>> before you enabled the ATI graphics driver.
>>
>>   
>>     
> He is unlikely to know what it was before.
>   
I have found it useful to add the /etc/ folder to my backup script, it's 
only 10MB or a bit more.  Then in situations such as this (as I 
experienced a few weeks ago) I can refer back to a functional copy of 
said .conf file and see which line(s) contributed to the problem.

Cheers,
Roger



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