[plug] Ubuntu 5.10 screen resolution prob

[Shannon Carver]

The standard root password is usually the one you give for the system
user.  By that I mean, you should be able to change it by typing:

sudo root passwd

If it asks you for the password, enter the password you entered for the
system user during install.

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 2:54 PM
> To: plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] Ubuntu 5.10 screen resolution prob
> 
> 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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