[Gllug] Monitor detection and screen modes in Debian Lenny

[Sean Burlington]

Chris Bell wrote:
> Hello,
>    There appear to be some problems detecting monitor capabilities with
> Debian Lenny, and there does not appear to be any easy way to input the data
> if the monitor is not correctly identified, so only 800x600 or 640x480
> display is possible, even with a monitor capable of displaying 1600x1200.
>    Is there a correct way to do it? The X server is xorg, but running the
> re-configure does not even ask about the screen mode. 
> 

have you tried xrandr ?

http://linux.die.net/man/1/xrandr

There are GUIS for this but I have found the command line to work better 
(and for me at least it's easier to understand)


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