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I want to temporarily set my monitor resolution to 640x480 for a game. I have looked up the xorg.conf stuff and I cannot figure out how to set monitor resolution. ...
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Screen resolution?
I want to temporarily set my monitor resolution to 640x480 for a game. I have looked up the xorg.conf stuff and I cannot figure out how to set monitor resolution. How can I do this?
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go to system and then preferences (at the top in the start bar) and there should be a menu item called resolution.
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I tried that. The only option shown was the current.
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# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
could reconfigure xserver to include 640x480
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I agree with Tralfas. First of all, create a backup of working xorg.conf file before messing with it.
Execute this
Accept default options and select required Resolutions from list. Restart X Server by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Backspace.Code:su - cd /etc/X11 cp xorg.conf xorg.conf.working dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
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I did the reconfigure. It worked. thanks all.
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Glad to help you.
Do start a new thread if you have any other question.
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