You may want to install the package nautilus-gksu which will add an option to the right click menu of nautilus to allow you to open a file/folder as administrator (root)
If you want to do it from the terminal, simply type: sudo nvidia-xconfig When you are finished, log out and log back in. On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Charles . <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ramon, > I actually made the mistake of trying to get a higher resolution by trying > to update the NVidia drivers from version 177 to 180, and ended up with a > res. of 800 x 6...@61hz. > I now have my monitor's specs: > > Dot Pitch - 0.24mm > Horizontal Frequency - 30-95KHz > Maximum Resolution - 1600 x 1...@75hz > > On trying the Nvidia X Server Settings I get: > > *You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X > configuration file (just run `nvidia-xconfig` as root), and restart the X > server. * > > How do I execute those instructions? > Thanks for your help. > By the way, any news on the university do yet? > > Charles > > > > On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Ramon Casha <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Are you getting a low resolution? nothing at all? >> >> Ramon Casha >> >> >> 2009/1/25 Charles . <[email protected]> >> >>> Hello to everyone, >>> I've tried to update my screen resolution, and ended up screwing it >>> instead. My pc has an Nvidia chipset, my monitor is a Daewoo 907DF. >>> How can I fix this? >>> >>> Charles >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MLUG-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MLUG-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >
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