Fwd: Re: [NBLUG/talk] Debian install

Ian Sutherland iansuth at sbcglobal.net
Sat Jan 15 08:27:15 PST 2005


That worked. Thank you so much for your help. I now have a working version 
of Debian.

Ian

At 05:20 PM 1/15/2005, you wrote:
>Even if you use gdm, you may still be locked into that resolution. To get
>around that you need to edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
>
>Scroll down a ways and you'll see
>
>Section "Screen"
>         Identifier      "Screen Name" <-or will be different depending on
>your screen
>         Device  "something else, not important at this moment"
>         Monitor "Generic Monitor" <-also may be different
>         DefaultDepth    24
>         SubSection "Display"
>
>Now there will be multiple subsections each will have something with depth
>and Modes. Just add the resolutions you want to the right of the word modes
>ex:
>
>                 Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>
>You can do this for all of the depths or just some.
>
>In GDM you can now select 1024x768 , plus GDM should default to it, because
>it's the largest resolution.
>
>This worked for me, as I had pretty much the same problem as you, but there
>might be better ways around it. good luck
>
>-Nat W.
>http://www.pseudoweb.net
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: talk-bounces at nblug.org [mailto:talk-bounces at nblug.org] On Behalf Of
>Ian Sutherland
>Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 4:44 PM
>To: General NBLUG chatter about anything Linux, answers to questions,etc.
>Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: [NBLUG/talk] Debian install
>
>Thanks, That worked!
>The screen resolution is locked at 800x600, though my video card can handle
>a higher resolution. How do I change the resolution to 1024x768 say?
>I had some difficulty getting the xserver to work.
>When I boot I get a black and white woven desktop with a "login" and
>"password" area. When I logout I get the same screen with no option to
>"restart" or "turn off". I have to turn off the computer with the power
>switch.
>Any suggestions.
>
>Thanks, Ian
>
>
>
>At 12:20 PM 1/15/2005, you wrote:
> >On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 10:28:19AM -0800, Ian Sutherland wrote:
> > > Jacob, Further, since I was not able to configure apt-get during
>install,
> > > no internet connection, how do I do that now?
> >
> >
> >If you have a Debian disc nearby, install the "base-config" package.
> >One of the tools it supplies is "apt-setup".  Run this command as root:
> >
> >   # apt-setup
> >
> >...and it will go through the process of configuring 'apt' again... I
>believe
> >it should be identical to the configuration process it goes through when
> >you first install.
> >
> >
> >(My first guest that "dpkg-reconfigure apt" would do it, but it does not.
> >And, in fact, while Googling to help answer this question, I discovered
> >that someone had committed a wishlist to the Debian bugtracker suggesting
> >exactly that! ;^) )
> >
> >Good luck!
> >
> >
> >-bill!
> >bill at newbreedsoftware.com          April shower bring Kompressor power!
> >http://newbreedsoftware.com/
> >
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