Thread: UBUNTU: Screen resolution problem...

Originally Posted by DaiTengu

also, post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log

are you really this retarded someone who uses GNOME exclusively (as all that's necessary for normal ubuntu operation) isn't going to know how to dump a log file to output (much less push it to some sort of internet filestore or ssh in given that ubuntu probably doesn't even have a sshd installed/running if they aren't total security morons)

anyway anony d just to get me up to speed:
when you boot up, what do you see? the normal graphical login or text login or other? (if other, post photo of screen)
if you're booting and just seeing the text login (which I'm guessing is the case), login and run `startx`. This probably won't work, post of photo of the screen output if it doesn't.
Also if it doesn't work, run `tail /var/log/Xorg.0.log` and post a photo of that output.

Originally Posted by DaiTengu

Ugh. back when I first learned how to use linux we didn't have fancy GUIs.


Edit: also, this is exactly what they'd tell him to do on http://ubuntuforums.org/

I mean I only go to ubuntuforums when I have google searched a problem and am willing to click the inevitable link as a last result

it's usually a big festering pile of duuuuuuuuuuuuuur though