Thanks for the comments -- one more thought. I have my /home on a separate partition. In doing the fresh install of Gutsy (not an upgrade) I pointed the installer that that partition, and was able to log in as my same username/password. But in doing that, did I carry forward settings that clobbered / overrode my fresh new copy? I *did* notice that my desktop looked like Feisty, not like Gutsy. Final note: after lamely poking at xorg.conf for a few hours, I just did anclean reinstall. This time I created a new user for myself. So far, screen resolution and desktop style is staying put. And I did make a fresh backup copy of xorg.conf in case my screen resolution goes south again. On 10/24/07, Jeff Garland wrote: > On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:59:35 -0700, Dazed_75 wrote > > On 10/24/07, Craig Brooksby wrote: > > > > The theme of this whine is that Ubuntu is great for grandma, until > > > something happens. Then it's back to editing xorg.conf. > > I think this whine can pretty much apply to all operating systems. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss