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Qvintvs

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Registered: 2008-11-09

Posts: 12

tried to change resolution in gnome, now cant run it

I seem to have gotten into the increasingly unpleasant habit of screwing up a desktop environment within the first hour of installing it....

I just installed gnome, was playing around with it, and I tried to change my resolution (silly me). The screen then went blank, returning me to gnome login manager. Any further attempts to run gnome were greeted with similar incidents, forcing me to run KDE instead.

So,

1. Anyone know how/where I can edit my gnome resolution via the shell? Searchs mostly returned suggestions to modify xorg.conf, though I doubt this is the problem, since kde runs just fine (well, I suppose that depends on how loosely you want to define "fine". anyway....)

2. Why does gnome get angry when I try to change my resolution?

Any and all help is greatly appreciated!

xaiviax

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From: Michigan

Registered: 2008-11-04

Posts: 282

Re: tried to change resolution in gnome, now cant run it

Not really sure what gconf file needs to be edited for you, but you could try using this cli tool: 
gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/screen/default/0/resolution --type=string 1024x768

use man gconftool-2 for more info.  Hope this helps.

Last edited by xaiviax (2008-11-19 18:22:21)

Qvintvs

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Registered: 2008-11-09

Posts: 12

Re: tried to change resolution in gnome, now cant run it

I tried setting my res to 1600x1200 (original value, and value in kde), but I get the same thing. I also tried removing my gnome setting directories from my home directory, but that didn't work either.

Qvintvs

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Registered: 2008-11-09

Posts: 12

Re: tried to change resolution in gnome, now cant run it

Anyone have any ideas?