Re: New Install Gnome Resolution Difficulties
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:50:34 -0500
"Roseland, Winton" <wroseland@eim-inc.com> wrote:
> I have had KDE running on Debian and then Knoppix for a little over a
> year. I used 1024x768 and 1280x1024 screen resolutions but I am not
> sure how many bits of color I used. I have an ATI 3D Rage IIC AGP with
> 8MB of RAM. I used the Debian netinst CD to replace my Knoppix version.
> I was a little surprised to get a 2.4.27 kernel, but whatever. When
> gnome runs I can only select 400x320 or 800x600 resolution. I did a
> dpkg-reconfigure xserser-??? (I can't remember the last part) and
> selected the ATI driver and configured the monitor to match my Samsung
> 19 inch LCD. After the initial install I had an XF86Config-4 file and
> this added an XF86Config file. I still only get a choice of 800x600 or
> 400x320. "scanpci" shows my ATI card. What am I doing wrong?
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> I have run the Ubuntu live DVD and it will run at 1280x1024.
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> Winton Roseland
Did you edit your config directly? By the way, Gnome is just a Desktop Environment. X sets the resolutions.
Andrei
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