[plug] Ubuntu 5.10 screen resolution prob

[Chris Griffin]

Negatori, sudo bash just asked me for the password that I don't know
and there was no backup file. Modifying the xorg.conf seems the one
but modify what in it?

On 3/15/06, Hendrik Strydom <hns1 at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 14:05 +0800, Chris Griffin wrote:
> > 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
> Can't help you with the resolution, but
> sudo bash
> will give you a root prompt, where you can change the root password.
> You might also get somewhere with X by modifying /etc/X11/xorg.conf,
> and with luck there is a backup of the previous xorg.conf in that
> directory.
>
> Regards
>   Hennie
>
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