screen resolution vs display

[Jeremy Katz]

On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 01:55, Louis Garcia wrote:
> Anyone know the difference between 'preferences/screen resolution' and
> 'system settings/display' capplets?

The one under Preferences lets you set your preferred resolution for
your user (and uses the XRandR extension to set it to that when you
login).  The one under System Settings sets the system-wide default
resolution as well as lets you set other options relating to X
configuration.

Cheers,

Jeremy