On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 12:45:29PM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > Thanks Andrew. you're welcome. please don't top-post, it makes conversations hard to follow... > > Where do I find the supported screen resolutions for my monitor? Is > that something Linux can detect, or do I need to try and dig up the > monitor manual? sometimes linux can detect it, but I always just google the monitor's model number and the word specifications. the results I need are usually on the first page. you can generally get not only supported resolutions, but horiz and vert refresh rates and so forth. enjoy. A > > Landon > > On 7/13/06, Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> wrote: > >On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 12:26:21PM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > >> I'll give that a shot cga. > >> > >> Any suggestions on how I fix the resolution problem? Do I need to > >> reconfigure X-Windows? > > > >probably. > > > >> > >> What command would I use to do that on Debian Etch? > > > >dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg > > > >you can set the resolutions your monitor supports. > > > >also M-C-f1, f2, etc will not shutdown the xserver, it will just > >toggle you over to a virtual terminal. after you reconfigure, you'll > >have to restart with > > > >invoke-rc.d [g|k|x|w]dm restart > > > >A > > > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Scott Huey > >> > >> On 7/13/06, cga2000 <cga2000@optonline.net> wrote: > >> >On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 10:53:44AM EDT, Redefined Horizons wrote: > >> >[..] > >> >> > >> >> [2] What key combination can I use to bring up the command line? > >> >> > >> >try Alt+Ctrl+F1.. F2.. etc. > >> > > >> >Thanks > >> > > >> >cga > >> >
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