Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> I strongly suspect that my screen resolution is lower than it should be: >> everything appears very big. >> Is there a way to check up the real performed resolution? >> And a way to make it be what it should? >> When I run 'dpkg-reconfigure -pmedium xserver-xfree86', >> the resolution displayed is never what I put: 1024×768. >> I have Sarge 3.1 stable.
Stephen Cormier writes: > Get out the manual/search online for the specifications for the > horizontal and > vertical refresh rates for the screen/monitor. Then use advanced when > reconfiguring and put in the values when asked, Debian always sets up the > refresh rates too low which stops you from getting the higher resolutions. I don't know the horizontal and vertical refresh rates of my screen, I should search for them online. Anyway, the problem seems to be solved now since I run '$ dpkg-reconfigure -pmedium xserver.xfree86' again and properly selected '1024×768' as screen resolution, using the 'space' key. Now the ouput of 'xrandr' is: SZ: Pixels Physical Refresh *0 1024 x 768 ( 260mm x 195mm ) *61 1 800 x 600 ( 260mm x 195mm ) 73 2 640 x 480 ( 260mm x 195mm ) 73 Current rotation - normal Current reflection - none Rotations possible - normal Reflections possible - none , and the output of 'xdpyinfo': screen #0: dimensions: 1024x768 pixels (260x195 millimeters) resolution: 100x100 dots per inch depths (7): 24, 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32 root window id: 0x3a depth of root window: 24 planes number of colormaps: minimum 1, maximum 1 default colormap: 0x20 default number of colormap cells: 256 . I didn't know I had to use the 'space' key to select and unselct values, that's why it didn't work: I hit 'enter'. I'm new with debian and still don't handle very well the installation debian tool. Thanks indeed, Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]