Re: NEW USER set-up assistance
On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 08:54 -0500, Jacob W Tennant wrote:
> I need some help in setting up my newly installed debian system. It is a net
> install system with all of the latest packages running Gnome desktop.
what release are you using? sarge (stable), etch (testing), or sid
(unstable) ?
>
> My problems are,
>
> 1. The video display will only let me use up to 800x600 size whereas the
> same monitor under WinXP would work at 1024x768. So how would I go about
> correctly setting this in the base config?
is this a laptop?
there are a bazillion ways to configure X. here is how i do it:
search the internet for your monitors horizontal and vertical refresh
rates.
$ lspci -vv | less -S
search for the video hardware, look at the chipset
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg (for testing/unstable)
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 (for stable)
choose the chipset that matches what you found above.
a lot of times people are using too deep of a default color depth and
they cannot get to a higher resolution. try using a 16 bit color depth
(instead of 24) and seeing if that helps get to your desired resolution.
>
> 2. SOUNDCARD - When I activate sounds in Gnome desktop all I get is a
> pulsating growl. Sometimes I get no sound at all except a faint beep. I use
> the soundcard heavily as a ham radio operator to decode and transmit RTTY
> signals.
please post:
# lsmod
$ dpkg -l | grep alsa
>
> Any help would be really great as I am a complete idiot to linux even after
> reading some books on it this is my first attempt at using it exclusively.
-matt zagrabelny
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