[plug] Ubuntu 5.10 screen resolution prob [OT]

[Chris Griffin]

Hi Shannon,
thanks for the quick reply.
I have been looking in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file but have not been
able to identify what to change.
I changed the resolution from 1152x864 to 800x600 (which I would think
should not cause any issues) but I think it would be the change of the
refresh rate from 56 to 60 that had done the dirty deed.

Regards,
Chris G

On 3/15/06, Shannon Carver <Shannon.Carver at p-s-t.com.au> wrote:
> Off topic, but have you heard about the bug in Breezy (5.10) where
> passwords are stored in plain text?  I'll have to dig up the article for
> you, I was reading it on Monday.
>
> I'm wondering if tinkering with your display settings is as easy as
> editing /etc/X11/XOrg.conf (or /etc/X11/XF86.Config, if you're using
> Xfree86 as opposed to XOrg, I assume late versions of Ubuntu would all
> be Xorg though).
>
> And your root password question, from the ubuntu guide ->
>
> >>>>>What's the root password after I install? How do I use the root
> account?
>
> The root account is disabled when you first install Ubuntu. The first
> user created during the installation has administrative rights on the
> system, and can run programs as root with sudo, using only their normal
> user password. For example: sudo apt-get update. Additional information
> and some rationale about sudo can be found in the wiki here. sudo Super
> User Do has been around since 1981.
>
> Regards
>
> Shannon
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
> Behalf
> > Of Chris Griffin
> > Sent: Wednesday, 15 March 2006 2:06 PM
> > To: plug at plug.org.au
> > Subject: [plug] Ubuntu 5.10 screen resolution prob
> >
> > Greetings folks,
> >
> > I have just decided to try out Ubuntu again and have installed 5.10 in
> > a VMware session.
> > Having got it working I decided to change the screen resolution and
> > while doing so changed the refresh rate from 56 to 60. This all went
> > well (including when it did the test) until I restarted the system.
> > Now after logging on I get a screen full of subbish. I can log in with
> > safe mode text console and am looking for where to change the settings
> > back to default. Any hints, BTW, what is the default root PW?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Chris Griffin
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