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how do i change me screensize?


Question Posted Monday December 31 2007, 3:33 pm

Hi! I have a question my friend installed virtual pc for me and I am trying to use ubuntu 7.10 on a small screen it works ok but i can't get it to change screen size. I would ask him but he gets tired of trying to help. its set at like 1024 and 768 or something bigger. i tried to set and want it at 640-480 but it wont work. I loggin and i log back out i tried in the os and in the virtual pc and nothing works ever. PLEASE HELP! THANK YOU!

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theymos answered Monday December 31 2007, 4:56 pm:
Go to the terminal and run this command:
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Hopefully the text file that opens is self-explanatory. I've never edited xorg.conf before, so if it's not self-explanatory I don't know what to do.

After you reboot the xorg.conf changes should take effect.

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