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Re: screen resolution for desktop



On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 09:57 -0400, Rajiv Vyas wrote:
> Newbie question:
> 
> How do I change the screen resolution in Debian. I have 800*600 now
> and want to take it higher to 1068*720 or something like that. I went
> to the Gnome pannel and tried changing it but it does not give me an
> option higher than 800*600.

Assuming you're using XF86/XFree86, you need to amend Screen-Display
values in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (see archives for discussion), then once
a higher value is accepted (see XFree86.0.log for current value) you can
do above

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