On 12/24/05, Chinook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kent West wrote: > > Chinook wrote: > > > >> I went through the dpkg-reconfigure and it would not let me select > >> anything except 800x600 and 640x480. So next step I edited the file > >> as Kelly mentioned to set 1280x1024. Then I rebooted and found I was > >> in a pile of it. There is no more GUI (neither gdm or xdm will come up). > >> > >> Since, I have figured out that my selection of "ati" for a driver was > >> likely what caused the max 800x600 issue and I should have used the > >> driver "radeon," but there is no such driver in the Debian stable > >> package I installed. XFree86 says there should be but it's not there. > > > > Unless I'm mistaken, the "radeon" driver is non-free, and therefore > > won't be in the Debian repositories. (But don't quote me, as I'm not sure.) > > > > Also, are you still running XFree86, or X.org? Probably won't be much > > difference at this point, but this could be an issue. > > > > Thanks Kent. Well I tried gdm and xdm with the resolution issue until I > screwed it all up :-) and don't remember what I last did - xdm i think > if wer're on the same page. Having only terminal mode, I don't know > what to change to get back to gdm. I can't just enter it at the prompt > if the other is running. I remember a config file that noted the > default to use, but that will be a little difficult to discover again at > this point. If you've a quick answer that would be nice, otherwise back > to reading.
dpkg-reconfigure gdm should do it
