To Change Screen Resolution

[Rahul Sundaram]

Hi

> Hi, Jim
>
> when I type the etc/X11/xorg.conf in the terminal it says permission 
> denied. Do I need to login to root, if yes, how would I login as root 
> from my normal user account.
>
> Thanks.


Yes. You need to be the root user before editing system configuration 
files such as these . Open a new terminal by right clicking on the 
desktop or Applications => System tools => Terminal and type in the 
following command which will prompt you for the system root password

# su -

regards
Rahul