How to acces setup to reconfigure my display?

**Mudz** · 10-29-2005

I used the netinstall CD to install Debian, and now KDE doesn't show resolutions above 800x600... I set resolution to that in the installer so I think that might be the problem... Any ideas

**renevanh** · 10-29-2005

Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to go the the commandline, login as root, then type:

Code:

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

This will open the setup.

Regards,

René

**Mudz** · 10-29-2005

Thanks, that worked, tough this just doesn't seem to be fully compatible with my radeon 9200, cuz I had such problems before with other distros... Bad thing cuz I don't think I'll live with a 800x600 desktop, I'm too much used to 1024x768... Any solution to this?

**genesus** · 10-29-2005

have you installed the proprietary ati drivers yet and enabled 3d acceleration, plus could you post your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file for us...

**Mudz** · 10-30-2005

I'm installing fglrx and due to some foolishness of mine X is down (I installed only one of the packages) when i try to do so with dpkg -i fglrx-kernel-src_8.18.6-1_i386.deb, it says it requires the package "debhelper",but as a complete newbie in linux i can't get it from just a shell... if someone would please write the command to download things, and maybe the arguments too (the url at wich the debhelper package can be found) I would be really really thankful...

**brother_mick** · 10-30-2005

to install debhelper from the shell (as root) type

Code:

apt-get install debhelper

**Mudz** · 10-30-2005

THANKS!!!!! I got it working after some packages installed and the config file made perfect... Oh one more thing remains.. I can't get above 60Hz... Desktop settings just doesn't list it... Where can I add it to the list?

**antidrugue** · 11-01-2005

I can't get above 60Hz

This you cannot set directly into the /etc/X11/XF86config-4 file, but it is related to both the horizontal and the vertical refresh rate that is set in that file.

You could always reconfigure xserver has mentionned above, or you can just edit the /etc/X11/XF86config-4 file with your appropriate monitor settings (of course make a backup before changing anything):

Code:

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
        HorizSync       30-96
        VertRefresh     50-160
        Option          "DPMS"
EndSection

THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE! Those numbers will probably not match yours... Look for your specific monitor settings on the net...

**vamshi_krishna** · 11-02-2005

careful with the values ..horizontalsync and vertical reresh
add them if you are confident otherwise it may screw-up your monitor

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