[wplug] desktop management setup

Brandon Kuczenski brandon at 301south.net
Sat Aug 28 17:34:53 EDT 2004


> 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.
>
>

Thanks; that worked.

-Brandon




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