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screen resolution keeps changing

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how do i keep my screen resolution from changing by its self? for the second time now it's changed by it's self.

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Reuben Firmin (reubenf) said : 		#1

When you say it changes by itself, can you elaborate? Did you add a new graphics card? Install new software? Unplug and replug in the monitor? Did you reboot and log into windows, and then reboot back into ubuntu?

Or was it just the case that you rebooted the computer, and the resolution was different?

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k_chupe (k-chupe) said : 		#2

i added compiz-fusion, xcompmgr, awn, wine, start up manager, and i think that's it.

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Reuben Firmin (reubenf) said : 		#3

Your screen resolution information is kept in a file named /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Open up a terminal (look through the menu), type ls -al /etc/X11/xorg*, and paste the results here. As you're doing that, see if the date of the older files (e.g. xorg.conf.backup) correspond to when the resolution changed.

Also, please attach the file /var/log/dpkg.log - this is the file installation log for your system, so I'll be able to compare that with the dates on your xorg.confs, and see what might have affected the resolution.

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k_chupe (k-chupe) said : 		#4

kevin@kevin-desktop:~$ kevin@kevin-desktop:~$ ls -al /etc/X11/xorg*
bash: kevin@kevin-desktop:~$: command not found
kevin@kevin-desktop:~$ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2508 2007-10-20 16:36 /etc/X11/xorg.conf
bash: -rw-r--r--: command not found
kevin@kevin-desktop:~$ kevin@kevin-desktop:~$ ls -al /etc/X11/xorg*
bash: kevin@kevin-desktop:~$: command not found
kevin@kevin-desktop:~$
kevin@kevin-desktop:~$
i thought that by reinstalling ubuntu it would solve the problem, i was wrong. above is the line you told me to use in the terminal.

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Reuben Firmin (reubenf) said : 		#5

Hi Kevin,

Small L in ls, not capital I. Can you try that? Also, can you attach the file I mentioned?

Thanks

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k_chupe (k-chupe) said : 		#6

results from terminal:
kevin@kevin-desktop:~$ ls -al /etc/X11/xorg*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2508 2007-10-20 16:36 /etc/X11/xorg.conf
kevin@kevin-desktop:~$

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k_chupe (k-chupe) said : 		#7

tried to provide the log file but every time i try the page times out. is there another way to do this besides the copy and paste method?

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k_chupe (k-chupe) said : 		#8

the log is very large which is probably the reason why the page times out. is there a certain portion that you're needing?

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k_chupe (k-chupe) said : 		#9

since Dave Portman sugested how i could lock down the screen resolution that i wanted to keep i'll close out this question.