Re: dist-upgrade locked resolution at 640x480
On Thursday 17 June 2010 09:03:28 Thomas H. George wrote:
> A dist-upgrade resulted in a problem:
>
> The display resolution is stuck at 640x480 and the X window is moved to
> F9.
>
> My system is Debian Squeeze. Yesterday (16 Jun 10) I ran apt-get update
> and apt-get dist-upgrade. The system was shutdown overnight. When
> rebooted this morning the X window was at F9 and the resolution 640x480.
> I ran startupmanager which reported the resolution to be 1600x1200 but
> the system remained stuck in the 640x480 mode.
>
> Anyone else encountering this problem? Is there another way to change
> the resolution?
>
> Tom
Try using aptitude, it is smarter than apt-get.
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Peace,
Greg
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