Changing the resolution of the monitor through a terminal is quite simple, and faster than using any graphic tool.
We open a terminal and put:
$ xrandr
That will return a list more or less similar to this:
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 4096 x 4096
VGA1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 310mm x 230mm
1024x768 85.0*+ 75.1 70.1 60.0
1280x1024 60.0
1152x864 75.0
832x624 74.6
800x600 85.1 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2
640x480 85.0 72.8 75.0 66.7 60.0
720x400 87.8 70.1
Now we just have to simply write:
$ xrandr -s [Nro]
Where [] It is the number of the line where the resolution that we are going to put is found, starting from line 0 (Zero).
Wow! great tips, long ago I was looking for something easier for Debian than dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
It works correctly .. Thanks!
We are glad that it has served you 😀
I have Ubuntu 11.04.
How to put one by default and, in case it is not the way I want, how and where (editing which file) I can add it.
Before there was the xorg.conf which was very easy, but now, where is the configuration menu?
Thanks a lot and good job…
I have the debian squeeze but when I put xrandr in the terminal it displays the list with only 3 options:
1024 × 600 60.0 * +
800 × 600 60.3 56.2
640 × 480 59.9
and I want the one of 1152 × 864
If you only have € 3 you cannot spend 10. 😉
How do I enter console mode ??? when debian starts it only shows me certain options but none say console mode.
Thank you very much I could not change from configuration because it stayed in 640 × 480 and it does not come out to apply accept