Kubuntu 8.10 Blackscreen

[seeker]

Shortly after installing it, I attempted to find a way to change the resolution, because the desktop was too big. I selected the item Resize And Rotate from the menu, and instead of a window, the screen went to black. Hitting Esc takes it to a screen of light gray, with a darker gray square, but all are blank. How do I fix the problem?

[carlos]

I'm not sure why you don't step up to 9.04 since it's been out for some time now and blazingly fast but you should open a terminal (boot in single user mode) and look at your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. You might be able to use Vim to adjust your resolution value manually. Save the file and then restart. I suggest changing it to something safe like 1024x768...

Hope that helps!

[seeker]

Your suggestion sounds as though it would work for setting the resolution, but not fixing the black screen...would it? I'm not much of a Linux user yet, but wouldn't using a terminal or Vim require reaching desktop?