Urgent! -- New Debian 3.1R2 install -- Nvidia card not recognized: fuzzy desktop, 640X480 resolution
Dear friends:
Decided to give the latest stable version of Debian 3.1Rc2 a chance so I
downloaded the first two CD's and burned them in Nero. Everything went
flawlessly. Literally. I was delighted. That is, until I booted up to
the new Debian and was I in for a shock. The install urged me not to
configure my Nvidia GeForce 2 card automatically so I didn't. But what I
saw when I got to the desktop was nothing but a fuzzy, 640 X 480 screen,
probably with 4 to 16 colors. Have no idea. The console was OK but very
large. I was also able to use apt-get and Synaptic. In Synaptic I
searched in vain for my video card. During install I selected VGA as a
generic card. I cound't even configure my Mozilla Thunderbird so I am
writing from my wife's Windows computer. Finally, I was taken into
Gnome. I thought Debian had a KDE desktop by default.
My top priority is to get my video in order. Could one of you Debian
experts please come to the rescue. I am at a complete loss.
Thank you so very much.
Benjamin
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