Check your HorizSync and VertRefresh values in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. It's probably just set values that are woefully low to be on the safe side.
Jim On 17 June 2010 18:03, Thomas H. George <li...@tomgeorge.info> wrote: > > A dist-upgrade resulted in a problem: > > The display resolution is stuck at 640x480 and the X window is moved to > F9. > > My system is Debian Squeeze. Yesterday (16 Jun 10) I ran apt-get update > and apt-get dist-upgrade. The system was shutdown overnight. When > rebooted this morning the X window was at F9 and the resolution 640x480. > I ran startupmanager which reported the resolution to be 1600x1200 but > the system remained stuck in the 640x480 mode. > > Anyone else encountering this problem? Is there another way to change > the resolution? > > Tom > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100617170328.ga6...@tomgeorge.info > >
