install new screen resolutions for external mac

#Install new screen resolutions for external mac full#
#Install new screen resolutions for external mac password#

If you just hit save here you would have saved the changes over the backup file you created!

You must now do a 'save as' but be careful here as this time we need to call the file nf again. (you will only need to do this for the ones under bit depth 24 and 16) Do this by either inserting it before the other listed resolutions in the exact same manner or typing it over one of the others. The idea here is to have your favorite screen resolution included in this list. The ones you will be concerned about will be listed under bit depth 24 or bit depth 16 (as these depths are the ones that give you a large amount of colors.) You now need to hunt through the text until you see the display resolutions listed. First make a backup of this file by going to 'file' then 'save as' and changing the filename to nf The text editor loads and you should see a lot of text in the window.

#Install new screen resolutions for external mac password#

It will ask you for a password which is the same as you log in with. sudo gedit /etc/X11/nf (space after gedit and X11 must be capital X) Open the terminal window again (Applications - Accessories then Terminal) If the resolution you want is not one of the newly listed ones then follow these steps. You should now have more options than the three low res options you had at the beginning of the day! Log onto the Ubuntu desktop and this time go to System - Preferences then Screen Resolution. You now need to reboot the virtual machine or press Ctrl+Alt+backspace.

#Install new screen resolutions for external mac full#

n (yes, that is a full stop before the slash!)Īfter you hit enter and it has done its stuff, the files are now accessable from Ubuntu. dir (You should see amongst the files displayed n) cd /media/cdrom0 (then hit enter, there is a space after cd!) The terminal window is where you will run the file from, but first we must navigate to the correct directory. You must run the file with some admin permissions so do that this way.Ĭlick inside the Ubuntu screen again then go to Applications - Accessories then Terminal.

You will see a window pop up inside Ubuntu showing you that there are some new files mounted in a virtual CDROM drive. Hit the right ctrl key so you can get your mouse pointer outside the virtual machine.ģ.Go to top of virtual window, click on devices then select 'Install Guest Additions'