On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Koh Choon Lin <kohchoonl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> In terminal run the following command from root user. >> dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg >> >> Here you can change default screen resolution. > > I got this message: > > xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting possibly-customised configuration > file; backup in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20090219031522 > > Running without the high piority leads to questions pertaining to > mouse, keyboard only. I noticed recent versions of Debian based > distros have this problem too (ie. no configuration details in the > file x.org). > > Any ideas? > > > -- > Koh Choon Lin > > >> You can switch to higher resolution by ALT+CTRL++ key combination or can >> switch to lower resolution by ALT+CTRL+ - key combination >> >> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Koh Choon Lin <kohchoonl...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all >>> >>> I am unfamiliar with the workings of a GUI. Anyone stuck at 1024x768 >>> with the newly released Debian? How do I change it to one, say >>> 1280x1024? >
Your desktop environment should have a preferences tool for this - certainly KDE and Gnome do. Is the resolution you want not given as an option? What graphics card/driver are you using? I've noticed (may be coincidence) that machines I've had with NVidia cards never get the full range of possible resolutions detected automatically. In this case, nvidia-settings will allow you to set resolution, and several other things. Nye (PS. I'm of the opinion that autoconfiguring Xorg should have been left until it's a bit more robust, since now it just means that you often *still* have to mess aroung with Xorg.conf, only now there isn't a nicely commented existing file to modify.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
