On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 09:25:51PM +0000, Bob Cox wrote: > I have used Linux for several years, but always in CLI only mode. I > have a Debian box running mail and webservers and also a couple of NSLU2 > 'slugs' running Armeb Debian. And they're all fine. > > Recently, however,I installed Etch with the default desktop settings, on > a PC of reasonably modern spec, to see how Gnome and KDE had matured > since I last tried them, some three or four years ago. > > The installation went well and the only real problem was due to my Sharp > 19" LCD monitor, which although detected, was not recognised, resulting > in my first sight of a Linux GUI for some years looking less than > impressive at only 640x480 rather than the expected 1280x1024 > resolution. > Rather than hand hacking config file values: run (as root)
dexconf [Branden Robinson's X configure and auto-guessing hardware script] then dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -plow [Which asks you the questions needed for X configuration at low priority: it keeps the answers used previously] > Hope this helps, Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
