LCD screen resolution problem

[Tom Sheridan]

 > > > The list of monitors is displayed, and I can scroll down and select one,
 > > > for example the Generic LCD option, but I can't apply it because the
 > > > button is greyed out. I can't even apply the Generic CRT option.
 > > > The result is that I only have the choice of 800x600 and 640x480.
 > > > I've looked at the /etc/x11/xorg.conf file but I can't see an obvious
 > > > way to change this manually. Any ideas, anyone?

Satish wrote:

 > You have to click the '>' key on the left of 'Generic LCD' and this
 > expends the menu into individual resolution options. Then you can
 > selet the correct resolution for the LCD display.
 >
 > Perhaps this is the problem?

Yes, that's it! I can select the Dell 1024x768 option, and it works fine.

Just when you think it's foolproof, somebody invents a better fool...:)

But seriously, there's a user interface issue here. There's no hint that the
options are drop-down lists, and double-clicking on the option itself has
no effect. If the > symbol had been a 'down arrow', I maybe would have 
tried it.

I'm a very experienced W*nd*ws user, and write user interfaces for my own
software, so if I can have this kind of problem, anybody else can too.

Thanks everyone for your efforts in sorting me out.

Tom