On Sun, 2008-06-01 at 13:59 +0000, Walt L. Williams wrote: > Greeting All > > I have recently upgraded my computer hardware. When > doing the re-install of Etch. (I re-installed so I could take full > advantage of the 64 bit processor I bought, so I reloaded it > with the AMD64 variation of Debian; otherwise I would have > just used the existing 32 bit install, which I am sure would > have worked fine. Linux does a better job of this than the > OS produced in Redmond Wa.) The install doesn't prompt > for approval for the X driver it thinks it should install, it just > does it, even in expert mode. This actually doesn't bother > me, but I didn't get the resolution I had hoped for so I used > the last command I knew of to re-configure X: > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 > > It came back saying that " 'xserver-xfree86' is not installed > and no info is available." Well, apparently there has been a > change since the last time I used this command. I tried > scanning through Debian's online documentation but > had no luck in finding anything usefull. > > ** Does anyone know what command to use? ** > > My system is a 2.2ghz dual core AMD Opteron > with an onboard ATI Rage XL video. The monitor > is a Hann-G HG216D. The best resolution that > I can get currently is 1280 X 960 out of a monitor > and graphics combo that is capable of closer to > 1680 X 1050. My screen is currently kind of grainy > and the whole setup is slow. So I don't think the > system is using the right driver. > > Any useful comments will be appreciated. > > -- > Best Regards > Walt L. Williams > http://www.intergate.com/~waltwilliams/ dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg Note, it might still not ask you what resolutions to run at. X has gotten pretty smart and "assumes" many of the formerly asked questions and mostly gets it right. -- Damon L. Chesser damon@damtek.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/dchesser
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