Easily configure Graphics and Display hardware in Ubuntu
Scribbled on Wednesday, May 28th, 2008The geekier way is to do things with command line (Terminal). sudo dpkg-xserver-xorg –reconfigure, yeah thats one of the commands to do things manually.
But an average Joe who is determined to try out Linux will find it rather cumbersome to do it the geeks way. So here is something to help you out if you are a habitual point and click person. Though you must learn to exploit command line at some point in your quest for Linux usage.
Problem:
Is there a way to configure graphics hardware and monitor hardware by a graphical interface instead of command line in Ubuntu ?
Solution:
Yeah there is one nice little program that comes by default in Ubuntu. Its called displayconfig-gtk.
Here is the step-by-step procedure to do this:
- Go to the folder /usr/share/applications
- Click on “Screen ans Graphics“
- Enter the root password
- Change the settings as per the hardware
Note: Alternatively you can also issue “sudo displayconfig-gtk” command in terminal to bring out the graphical interface to configure your hardware. But then didn’t I say get accustomed to command line, its much powerful.
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3 Responses to “Easily configure Graphics and Display hardware in Ubuntu”
Hmmmm, looks like something I want. Will check it out when boot into Hardy, will let you know. Thanks though.
By Manan on Wed 28th May, 2008
Hmm I prefer the GUI way always..Its good for nAAbs like me..
By Quiz_Master on Sat 07th Jun, 2008
@Manan
glad it helped
@Quiz_Master
yeah, teh n00b way, count me in too
By T on Sat 14th Jun, 2008