Maximum resolution in Ubuntu?

[Smike]

I've been playing around with various linux distro's recently, but I always seem to have a problem that the resolution can't be set any higher than 1024x768.

With Windows, I have my resolution at 1280x1024, so the lower resolution looks really strange. Any suggestions? Specifically in Ubuntu 5.1 as that's what I've got installed at present.

[skoob]

This could for any number of reasons. Try reconfiguring Xorg -- type sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg in a terminal window. This should take you through a guide that asks a number of questions about your setup. Most of it should be auto-detected. The monitor setup is towards the end. There's a list of checkboxes where you can select what video modes to enable. The highest one will be used by default. You'll need to restart X for the changes to take effect (log out and back in or just press ctrl-alt-backspace).

[Smike]

Hey, whaddayaknow, it worked! Thanks. :D