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i installed linux this weekend for the first time since university. but i have a strange/frustrating problem. when i try set the screen resolution, it always resets itself to 640x480. do i have to update it somewhere else? the screen resolution is at 1024x768 when knoppix runs from CD, so I'm guessing my hardware is fine. It's when I boot it up without the CD, that I can't set the screen resolution. Can anyone help?
actually i'm not even sure if the changes are being saved. could be that the configuration file where the values are stored is read only. but i don't know which file the values are saved in. i'm way off, aren't i?
pulsar
07-15-2004, 12:07 PM
You can save the screen resolution in Xdisplay. Open a terminal and type in as root "/usr/bin/kxconfig".
DuckDodgers
07-16-2004, 12:01 AM
Try adding your desired screen resolution (example: "1024x768") to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 as root and reboot. This worked for me with Debian "Sarge" after doing net install. You may even need to run the following commands as root after editing this file:
# cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom
# md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
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