Teilhard Knight wrote:
Hello:
I am new to Linux and I recently installed Debian Sarge for my 64 bit
machine. After the installation, and choosing KDE as my GUI, I find
essentially that nothing works in the distro. I have decided to ask for
your
help one issue at a time.
The first, and most annoying thing is that the maximum resolution I am
allowed is 800x600. I have a Nvidia Geoforce3 graphics card and a
Multiscan CPD-G220R Sony monitor. When the installation program asked me
for what
driver to install for my graphics card I chose "nv", which I have used
before and works. Also, when configuring the X environment I supplied
the horizontal and vertical refresh rates of my monitor. So, I would
appreciate
if you could help me to set the resolution at least at 1024x768. Thanks.
Teilhard.
1) There is no official 64-bit version of sarge, so either you're
running the port, or you're running 32-bit.
2) It sounds to me like your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file needs to be edited
to support the resolution you want. You can have this file regenerated
by running:
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
or if you feel brave, you can edit it by hand.
You might also want to consider installing etch instead of sarge. There
is a AMD64 version available that will give you true 64-bits and will
most likely better recognize your hardware.
3) To say that nothing works is a misnomer, because if nothing worked
at all you wouldn't get past the first stage of boot.
The people here can help you get your system working, but you do need to
be specific about what exactly is broken.
Regards,
Hello, Joe:
As it happens, I didn't make a sound research before deciding to install the
Sarge unofficial AMD64 distribution. I am downloading now the testing
official AMD64 distribution, etch. I really appreciate your advise.
By the way, the command you gave me to reconfigure my X resolutions didn't
work. I got the error: "no package xserver-xorg" or something like this. I
didn't find a xorg.conf file in /etc/X11, but the configuration file:
XF86Config-4, which I edited manually and could get higher resolutions.
Thanks for your input.
Teilhard.
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