I have tried doing what you all said and i am so new to linux that i really do not know what i am doing, I reinstalled it and tried testing so many different configureations that i am ready to give up on it all together until i start my linux class in the fall, i really wanted to work with it first.... my monitor is a lcd/vga/ 15 in. monitor that factory specs say 1024*786@60hrtz, I tried this and