attempting use of KVM switch a disaster

[Cam Cope]

The user account in Ubuntu does not have administrative privileges. In order
to have permission to write to /etc/X11/xorg.conf, you must prefix the
command with sudo, such as:
On the terminal:
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
In the GUI (run from Alt + F2):
gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

-Cam

>
> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:56:02 -0400
> From: George E Noon <george.noon at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: attempting use of KVM switch a disaster
> To: Dan Allen <goattuber at gmail.com>
> Cc: ubuntu-us-ma at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <472575F2.8030603 at yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> So, Dan (or somone)
>     Please clue me in; i have attempted about four times now to edit
> that xorg.conf-file
> -- I seem to be doing OK, and seem to have everything right, but when I
> attempt to save the
> file (& the changes I've made), I am rather bluntly informed I do not
> have the right to
> do so. I am fairly certain that what i am missing i have likely read
> before but don't recall, or
> it should be obvious but isn't.......
>     Thank you.
> ~~~~George
>
> Dan Allen wrote:
> > I had this same sort of problem when I set my computers up through a
> > USB KVM switch. It would ignore my preference for 1280x1024 and use
> > 800x600 instead. The problem seemed to be that through the KVM, Ubuntu
> > couldn't detect the proper refresh rate, so it would failover to the
> > default settings. Try editing your xorg.conf and only use the
> > resolution you want with the correct refresh rate for your monitor,
> > that's what fixed it for me.
> >
> >
> >     From: George E Noon <george.noon at comcast.net
> >     <mailto:george.noon at comcast.net>>
> >
> >
> >     When I tried to use the Ubuntu machine with the KZM attached, it
> >     acted as though it had suddenly been connected to an unsupportable
> >     monitor -- wanted to reduce my resolution from the 1024X768 I've
> been
> >     using quite successfully to 800X600 - and when I clicked that rather
> >     than quitting, it went to a black terminal screen telling me way too
> >     much very technical detail - basically saying it couldn't continue..
>
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