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Need to change resolution in Linux Mint 8 (Provided By digit feb 10)

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thetechfreak
thetechfreak Original post #1
Feb 26, 2010 at 10:44 AM
How to change res to 1024x768 by using terminal...My monitor supports the given resolution in XP without trouble but in Mint only 800x600 is shown...Help please...
J
joe2005 #2
Feb 26, 2010 at 2:39 PM
Had the same problem in ubuntu 9.10.Followed advice of sharaq using xrandr and solved my resolution problem.*ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=...wn+Monitor+increase+resolution+beyoud+800x600
Flake
Flake #3
Feb 26, 2010 at 6:42 PM
Which Graphics Card do you have? If you have Nvidia or ATI Card, have you installed Proprietary Driver?
Post the output of this
Code:
sudo lspci | grep -i vga
grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf