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Hi,
Just installed Debian for the first time however when I boot it from my hdd as soon as the gui appears the screen just goes into a mess, looks ...
- 03-09-2008 #1Just Joined!
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Installed Debian - but can't boot!
Hi,
Just installed Debian for the first time however when I boot it from my hdd as soon as the gui appears the screen just goes into a mess, looks like the resolution isn't right, can't see anything. Odd as when installing I selected the maximum res as 1024x768, I use my monitor for much higer resolutions than that usually.
Is there anything I can do to boot Debian up straight into the command line rather than via the gui, then I can maybe sort out the probs? Anyone else encounter this?
cheers,
Matt
- 03-09-2008 #2Linux Guru
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Does ctrl+alt+f1 give you a console login?
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Hi,
well it does but you can't make anything out because of the screen resolution
cheers,
Matt
- 03-09-2008 #4Linux Guru
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Can you restart in runlevel 3?
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Press Alt+Ctrl+F1 or boot up in Command Line Mode. Log in as Regular User at command prompt and execute this
Reconfigure X Server and restart machine.Code:su - dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
In case it doesn't work, execute thisCode:shutdown -r now
Post output here.Code:su - lspci | grep -i vga grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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