On Wed, 8 Mar 2006 09:27:52 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi: > > I am new to Debian Linux - I have installed Official Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 > from 14 Binary CDs onto a Sony Vaio PCG-SR7K laptop and the system is up and > mainly running OK. > > However - whatever I do I cannot get the graphics screens to display 1024 x > 768 - it's locked into 800 x 600 resolution and screen quality is poor. The > Vaio uses a Neomagic MagicMedia NM2380 - 256XL+ graphics card - and it > worked > just fine with Windows 2000 that I have replaced with Debian. > > There seems to be a bunch of stuff written about this type of display > problem - but as a newcomer to Linux I am looking for a definitive guided > method to > fix this situation. Any help and step-by-step directions you can give will be > much appreciated.
well, first, we need to know how you are currently setup. send us the XF86Config-4 file (its in /etc/X11) and also the output of lspci. also, a quick google turned up reference to the neomagic driver, is that what you are using? A > > Best regards, > > Tony Wilks > Stourbridge > UK. >
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