[Ilugc] Changing the screen resolution on Debian Lenny
- From: kapil@xxxxxxxxxxx (Kapil Hari Paranjape)
- Date: Sat Jun 20 20:18:18 2009
Hello,
On Sat, 20 Jun 2009, Guruprasad wrote:
IIRC, the same 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' used to allow the
screen resolution to be configured. But it appears to be no longer
the same on lenny.
You are correct. The debconf templates do not have values for the
resolution.
But the screen resolution is automagically configured to a
resolution lesser than the maximum resolution supported.
How do you know that a larger resolution is supported? Perhaps the
combination worked in the past but is unstable with the new xserver
and could crash and/or damage the equipment. :-|
Are there any ways to overcome this?
Yes. Create your own /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and install it. All the
tweaking of the configuration that was possible in the past is still
possible. :-)
This file can be created in many ways. As mentioned earlier, there is
also a backup copy of this file when systems are upgraded.
Best of luck,
Kapil.
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