On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 09:11:20PM +0100, Peter Ellison wrote: > Andrei Popescu wrote: > >Peter Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>The GUI I referred to is gnome, desktop, preferences, screen > >>resolution. Took your advise and attempted to reconfig by running > >>dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg outside of the desktop environment > >>(ctrl alt F1). It stalled at the second screen but I managed to > >>escape out (3 attempts). > > > >What do you mean by stalled? Anyway, you have to restart Xorg for any > >changes to be applied, so it might help if you do it with Xorg shut > >down. If that doesn't work you can still edit xorg.conf by hand or run > >'dexconf' to generate a new (and hopefully better) one. > >dpkg-reconfigure is generally better for upgrades, especially with a > >standard setup like yours. > > > >From your xorg.conf: > > > >>Section "Device" > >> Identifier "Generic Video Card" > >> Driver "vesa" > > ^^^^ > >This is not a problem, but "nv" might be better. > > > >> BusID "PCI:1:5:0" > >You don't need to specify this, it will be autodetected. You can just > >comment it out or leave blank when prompted by debconf. > > > >>EndSection > >> > >>Section "Monitor" > >> Identifier "Generic Monitor" > >> Option "DPMS" > >> HorizSync 28-64 > >> VertRefresh 43-60 > > ^^ > >This looks like your problem. You already have the correct values to > >put here ;) > > > >Regards, > >Andrei > > > Thanks problems sorted, its very re-assuring to know that newbies > like me can get such speedy help. :) What you didn't know is that you will be getting a bill with the special 'newbie' double-rate speedy charge soon in your inbox :-) Hehehe.
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