Default User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I just installed Etch Testing using the Netinst CD. Upon bootup, the > GDM dialog box appears, X starts with a rapidly vibrating image, as > though trying to focus between two presentations of the same image, > about an inch apart. Since I have seen this behavior previously in > Linux From Scratch on the same machine, I knew the quick fix is to do > (Alt) + (Ctrl) + (-) . That seems to change (for the moment) the > resolution/refresh rate (but with a HUGE GDM login dialog box). Then I > log in, the image is clear, with no vibration at (my) default 1024 x > 768, 60 Hz. FWIW, the machine is a semi-off brand '586, with ATI > graphics built into the main system board, and an off-brand S VGA monitor.
As root: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg Select the resolution(s) you want, perhaps fiddle with bits per pixel (bpp) values, try again. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. Spammers! http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling/emails.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
