Video/Display resolution issue

[chris]

On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 21:15 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 23/06/10 17:58, chris wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 16:10 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
> >    
> >> On 21/06/10 11:24, chris wrote:
> >>      
<snip>
> This is another issue to your original.
> 
> The clarity of the text is determined not only by the 'proppa' 
> driver/resolution of your monitor but also if you have anti-aliasing 
> activated in your setup, not to mention the font which you are using. 
> There are fonts which are specifically designed to be used on monitors 
> and those for use in printing (hard copy). I use the DeJaVu fonts as 
> well as Verdana; but after setting the anti-aliasing it would pay you to 
> try out the variety of available fonts to see which one(s) suit your 
> preferences.
> 
> BC
> 
> -- 
> Paranoia is simply an optimistic outlook on life.
> 
> 
> 

Not sure how you do that with Ubuntu.
Will do some googling and get back to you If I can't figure it out.
As an update, installed the corect resolution into a truncated
xorg.conf, and all well on that front, even using the kvm switch.
Many thanks for assistance so far.
regards the kiwi