Ubuntu 7.04 Really Wrong Screen Resolution

Hello,

The "DebuggingXautoconfiguration" page is not meant to change the resolution of your screen.
The page you were looking for is this one:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FixVideoResolutionHowto

To fix your problem, you can type this command in a terminal:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

How? I can't see anything on screen. Did you not read my statement?

I looked at this page you recommended and it quite clearly states "For Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake):" near the top.

So where is the text for the 7.04 version that I'm running?

It's says "start a sudo session". What's sudo and how do I start a session?
What's a session?

I don't want to bugger things up by using the wrong info.

And why isn't this fixing information supplied with the OS?

I didn't have Internet access to start with and having this info on the computer would have sped things up enormously!

You Linux people seem to assume an awful lot about people using Linux for the first time. :-(

Really funny post :)

OMG! this guy must work for Microsoft as a Linux FUD plant

Wow ... and he's an "above average" user??? He should have correctly posted that he's an above average *Windows* user, aka Linux newb. Not all Windows skills translate over to the Linux environment. In the same way that my grandma had a learning curve to conquer on how to use a mouse and navigate about Windows, a Windows user should be prepared to invest a sizable amount of time in learning Linux if they choose to step outside of the easiest Linux offerings, such as those offered by the major computer manufacturer, ie Dell, HP. I really hope Quatermass revisits Linux, preferably with a computer offering Linux pre-installed because, with those guys ... it just works.

If you aren't familiar with a command line or what the word "sudo" is then you have no business being an IT Manager. Some would say you have no business being in IT at all, but that's probably too harsh. I can probably find a job for you re-booting users Windows machines.

This is basic, basic stuff for folks using not only Linux but Unix as well. As a MANAGER you should be expected to know these things and failing to know them is not the fault of the OS you're using.

I started using Linux when I was 12, I fixed my screen res all the time and I used redhat, so we didn't have dpkg, I just edited the config files. I don't think the documentation is at fault, you need a Linux for beginners book and also to calm down. Linux is not windows, don't treat it as such. Grow up you freaking child

Sadly, the guy closed his account the same day as his last post but hopefully other frustrated noobs will come across this post and find it comforting, educating, and entertaining.

@jordanlund Just curious, where'd you get the IT Manager bit?

@Circa Lucid

From his second post in this thread: "If any of my fellow IT mangers ask me..." At least I'm assuming he meant "manager" and not "manger". It could be he actually is a small hay bearing feeding trough for pack animals. He seems to think like one.

--- On Mon, 8/3/09, Circa Lucid <email address hidden> wrote:

> @jordanlund Just curious, where'd you get the IT Manager
> bit?

From his second post...

"If any of my fellow IT mangers ask me..."

Actually he's right about the documentation. Why Linux doesn't have a good one?

Take look at the one that FreeBSD has: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/
It's organized clearly (you can easily guess which section you should read to figure out your issue), every concept is clearly explained (each chapter has an introduction explaining the jargon used). Also they try to not be a bunch of HowTos but more like an actual book with examples and illustrations.

I would call FreeBSD harder to learn (everything is disabled by default, for example to get an X working you really have to set it up yourself), but actually they explained it so well that any beginner could do it (granted he or she will bother to read the instructions).

First, you're making the wrong comparison. You can't say you want to compare a navel orange to apples in general. Now, if you compare FreeBSD to RedHat, you'll find far more documentation (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/) and far more books on Amazon. I'll concede, though, that Ubuntu 7.04 probably didn't have a great deal of documentation (actually, Ubuntu.com has nothing for 7.04 specifically).

Also, if you think FreeBSD is hard to learn, try Linux From Scratch where you have to hand select and compile all your software. Just kidding. Each Linux distro is as hard or easy as you want it to be, it all comes down to how customized do you want your computer to be.

I will freely admit to being biased since my first Linux distribution was Slackware back in late 1993/early 1994. But I did get Ubuntu up and running on a PlayStation 3 just for kicks and that included re-setting the screen resolution even though the default resolution was so large on my HDTV I couldn't see the entire screen and had to use a lot of controls by "touch" so to speak.

Think of a pilot flying by instruments alone, that kind of thing. It's not THAT hard if you are willing to learn a new operating system and have some clue as to how a command line works. The "IT Manager" above most likely first started using computers with Windows 98 (if that!).

Quarermass is right..Linux will always be a backwater OS as long as ordinary people have to deal with command line nonsense.