hello there, what driver is your xorg using? $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep Driver
if it is using vesa, then your card's driver is not being loaded... i can't count how many times this was the main problem for me =) On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 15:23, Ed Sutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > New to this list, and new to Debian. Just installed this over top of > an old installation of RH9, which worked fine, just a bit dated. My > machine is a K6-2, old but reliable. > I installed by creating a small install CD, booting from CD and then > basically letting it do its thing for an hour downloading stuff and > installing a fresh system. That all went well, I am able to log > into the console etc; however, the screen resolution is stuck at 640x480. > > I've read through the archives and googled till my fingers are sore. > All the solutions I've seen say to modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf either > manually > or by using dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg. Then restart gdm. > > Tried that several times, and I've gotten one of two results each time: > > 1) either it has no effect at all or > 2) xserver won't even start up because its confused. > > Bottom line, is that I can't do much at the console with a 640x480 > resolution > because many of the dialog boxes span outside the window, and they are not > moveable; hence, if I want to be able to use the GNOME environment > fruitfully > I need to get the resolution up. > > I have a Permedia 2 graphics card and a Princeton 19" LCD display. The > auto-detect > in xserver-xorg seems to find that ok. They're both capable of handling > 1280x1024 > and the xorg.conf file that is created by dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg > shows that > this resolution is possible. > > No matter what I do, I'm not able to get the screen resolution up. It > appears that > it is just defaulting to the bare minimum resolution for some reason, but > as far as > I can tell, the card and monitor are properly being detected. > > Anyone have any ideas? > Thanks > Ed > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- gallois aka Felipe Gallois website: www.gallois.com.br blog: www.gallois.com.br/blog
