Re: screen resolution for desktop

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Ganeshram Iyer wrote:

>On 7/23/05, michael <linux@networkingnewsletter.org.uk> wrote:
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>>On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 09:57 -0400, Rajiv Vyas wrote:
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>>>How do I change the screen resolution in Debian.
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>>Assuming you're using XF86/XFree86, you need to amend Screen-Display
>>values in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (see archives for discussion)
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>if you are using xfree86 then as root and without X running type
>'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86'.
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Be aware that if you've manually modified "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4", the
"dpkg-reconfigure" method will silently fail to make changes to the file
until you follow the steps at the top of the XF86Config-4 file.

-- 
Kent