I was running kanotix and accidentaly turned the resolution up higher
than my monitor's capability so now i can't run X11 because my display
is messed up.  does anyone know how I can manually turn the resolution
down via the xconf or any other way on the command line?

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After takin' a swig o' grog, sparky belched out this bit o' wisdom:

> I was running kanotix and accidentaly turned the resolution up higher
> than my monitor's capability so now i can't run X11 because my display
> is messed up.  does anyone know how I can manually turn the resolution
> down via the xconf or any other way on the command line?

As root:

Go to /etc/X11

Copy xorg.conf to a safe place in case of disaster.

Edit xorg.conf

Search for "DefaultDepth" or "DefaultColorDepth" to determine which
one is being used.

In the corresponding Modes line, delete the resolutions that are too
high.

Restart X to verify.

Repeat until it works <grin>.


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On May 13, 6:17 pm, sparky <dominic4...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was running kanotix and accidentaly turned the resolution up higher
> than my monitor's capability so now i can't run X11 because my display
> is messed up.  does anyone know how I can manually turn the resolution
> down via the xconf or any other way on the command line?

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -plow
sudo invoke-rc.d gdm restart

Good luck

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After takin' a swig o' grog, AJackson belched out this bit o' wisdom:

> On May 13, 6:17 pm, sparky <dominic4...@gmail.com> wrote: 
>
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -plow
> sudo invoke-rc.d gdm restart

That too.  (Actually, I've never tried that way of doing it, thanks for
the new [to me] method!)

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On May 16, 3:39 am, Linonut <lino...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> After takin' a swig o' grog, AJackson belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> 
> 
>
> That too.  (Actually, I've never tried that way of doing it, thanks for
> the new [to me] method!)

We all learn new things, as long as we live 

This is "Debian Way(tm)", and your is a more general way.
It's ok whichever you use, as long as you know what you do (kind
of )

Good luck

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