Re: [Eug-lug] Migrating to Debian

2006-10-27 Thread Bob Miller
Ron LeVine wrote: > I hand edited the file: XF86Config-4 in the /etc/X11/ directory and it > worked great. Now I actually have some screen real estate again. wheee. I'm sorry I didn't see your question earlier. A better way is to run this command. It leads you through a Q&A session about y

Re: [Eug-lug] Migrating to Debian

2006-10-27 Thread larry price
what's the output of uname -a? ls -l /etc/X11 should give you some idea. If you've got the full GNOME environment you can run gnome-display-preferences from the command line on Ubuntu it's a menu item under System>Preferences>Screen Resolution On 10/26/06, Ron LeVine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: [Eug-lug] Migrating to Debian

2006-10-26 Thread Ron LeVine
Greetings all, I hand edited the file: XF86Config-4 in the /etc/X11/ directory and it worked great. Now I actually have some screen real estate again. wheee. Thanks again all, Ron larry price wrote: look in /etc/X11/ there is either an xorg.conf (modern) or XFree86.conf (old school) fil

Re: [Eug-lug] Migrating to Debian

2006-10-26 Thread Ron LeVine
Thanks Larry, Unfortunately, neither file is in that directory or listed in the whereis. Yes, I ran updatedb to make sure. Any other thoughts? Is there a tool that I can use besides the XF86config tool??? I was hoping for something in the gui. Thanks again Ron larry price wrote: look in /

Re: [Eug-lug] Migrating to Debian

2006-10-26 Thread larry price
look in /etc/X11/ there is either an xorg.conf (modern) or XFree86.conf (old school) file that needs a modeline. On 10/26/06, Ron LeVine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Greetings all, Ok, I managed to get Debian to play pretty well with my system. The only thing that I see right now that is amiss

[Eug-lug] Migrating to Debian

2006-10-26 Thread Ron LeVine
Greetings all, Ok, I managed to get Debian to play pretty well with my system. The only thing that I see right now that is amiss is I have a 19 inch monitor and 800x600 resolution. Anyone care to share where the config file is or a config utility for adjusting the resolution to something mor