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From: David Relson <relson@osagesoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user]  Re: Screen resolution problem
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On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:57:41 +0300
Nikos Chantziaras wrote:

...[snip]...

> > Several obvious questions arise:
> >
> >     _Why_ did X select a different resolution today?
> >     _How_ can I get to the higher resolution?
> >     _What_ can I do to prevent a recurrence of this problem?
> 
> Don't know about 1 and 3, but you can change resolution by simply 
> right-clicking on your desktop in most DEs and in the settings there 
> select a resolution.

Gnome's right click doesn't offer any system setting choices.  From the
start menu, System//Preferences//ScreenResolution offers choices, but
only up to 1024x768.  There's no sign of the 1280x1024 that had been in
use :-<