help with screen resolution

Jim Cornette fc-cornette at insight.rr.com
Fri Dec 14 02:37:59 UTC 2007


Jan Brosius wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I use fedora 8. Just to play I changed my screen resolution from 
> 1280x1024 to 1280x800. I logged out, logged in again (now with 
> resolution 1280x800) and then I wanted to change again to 1280x1024 but 
> I saw that this was impossible. I only get 1280x800 as highest possible 
> choice. How can I restore my screen resolution to 1280x1024.
> 
> Any help very appreciated.
> Jan
> 

You might need to run 'system-config-display --reconfig' from a root 
terminal. It should allow you to start fresh without holding onto older 
settings.

Jim
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