On 23/10/2007, Kevanf1 <kevanf1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Once again I have messed up a distro.  Why?  Because I simply wanted
> to view my screen without getting a headache.  Is it too much to ask?
> Ok, this is what I did.  Having set up Kubuntu 7.10 over the weekend I
> have it running nearly perfectly.  All apart from the resolutions
> being pants.  60hz (I forget what actual setting that is on) is the
> best I could get yet I now the monitor and the graphics card supports
> much higher.  I normally have the refresh rate set at around 72hz.
> So, I delved into the xorg.conf file.  I moved one setting to the
> front of all the rest (this has been suggested as fix for when the
> refresh rate is too low).  This setting was something like 1024x
> whatever @72  .  I then tried restarting X and hey presto it won't :-(
>  I am getting tired of this with the buntu's they can never seem to
> get things right in this respect.  My monitor and graphics card are
> there in the list so why does it not work correctly?  SuSE gets it
> right and when 10.3 has settled down I may just install that and be
> done with it.
>
> In the meantime, apart from this annoyance I quite like the way
> Kubuntu is.  So I persevere.
>
> Now, what I would like to know is.... can anybody remember the way to
> reconfigure X from the command line for a Debian based distro?  I've
> totally forgotten :-(
>

You can do it the Stuart'n'Kris method.
Boot your PC on Ubuntu disk live. If display all OK cut 'n' paste the
whole Xorg.conf into the one on your installed ubuntu. You'll have to
be root of course.
I blew up a gfx card and trashed everything - this is how we got round it.
Works for me.

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