[wplug] desktop management setup

[Eric C. Cooper]

On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 02:34:51AM -0400, Brandon Kuczenski wrote:
> I just installed debian sarge on my laptop and I have a problem.   The
> display is so bafflingly ugly that I can't stand to look at it.
> 
> I know exactly the problem: the resolution is wrong.  Since it's a laptop
> with an LCD display, an incorrect screen resolution looks bad.  The
> problem is, using the graphical tools I cannot select any resolution
> higher than 800 by 600, even though the monitor is capable of 1024 by 768
> (in the Debian installer, I put in 1280 by 1024 as the maximum the monitor
> was capable of, which I now see is a mistake).

If you run "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" (as root), you should be
able to (re)specify the modes for your display.

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Eric C. Cooper          e c c @ c m u . e d u