Reset Default Specs

[shenvoid01]

I just sold my father's gf a dell pc with linux. She decided to get a tv monitor by Insignia, however, it would get this message "VGA mode not compatible". It turned out that the screen resolution was not in accordance with that monitor. I had change the resolution through ubuntu and either it was to large or small and I had to reinstall linux 3x's because the screen resulotion I would set it too made the panel inaccessible and I could not change them. Basically I am asking how do I restore the default settings with out reinstalling next time this happens?

 

[KSoD]

Backup etc/x11/xorg.conf file before you make changes. Then you can just revert back to the backup file which will have the default settings.

 

[shenvoid01]

Thanks alot! where is this file located? And I should burn it as an image file?

 

[KSoD]

It is located in the root of the Linux install. I just left Linux so i am not fully sure the process to get them.

It is just a text file. No need to burn it or anything unless you really want to. Just use Google to find out how to backup the file. I know there are sudo commands to do it.

 

[kmote]

To find a file called xorg.conf (and you have no idea where it is):
`find / -iname xorg.conf`
To copy the file
`cp -pv /path/to/file/xorg.conf /path/to/destination/`
To modify the file
`vi /path/to/file/xorg.conf`

 

[Greg]

To back up:

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak

To restore:

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak /etc/X11/xorg.conf