yet another newbie graphics question

[normaltype]

Please be patient with me...I'm an MS OS user and am new to linux. I installed debian desktop and its a miracle that I installed it and its up and running but how do I change my display settings....my max resolution is 800x600....if this is all linux can give me I'll go back to MS OS.

[iwanabeguru]

You can change the the screen resolution on the graphical interface.
Application->Desktop preferences (or some similar) -> Screen Resolution

its the easiest way.

Have fun!

[Zelmo]

Or to accomplish the same thing more intuitively, right-click on the desktop, pick "Configure Desktop..." from the context menu, select "Display" from the left pane, and pick your preferred resolution from the drop-down list on the right, next to "Screen size:"

[antidrugue]

I do believe those solutions won't work, as you can only change resolution (in Gnome or KDE) from those avalaible in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.

The default Debian Stable install (if you don't pay too much attention to X configuration during initial setup) only includes 800x600 and 640x480.

So, open a console (or Terminal), login as root:

su

Then enter your password (it won't appear as you type it).

Then edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

nano /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

(case sensitive)

You will have a section like that:

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
        Monitor         "Generic Monitor"
        DefaultDepth    24
        ...
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Edit the section concerning your default depth (in that case 24), adding the desired resolution, like "1024x768".

Only edit the line begining with "Modes":

Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

Then save the file, exit the editor, and restart X using CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE.

[normaltype]

Thanks Antidrugue!!! Thats what I was looking for.

Now is there a guide or thread here I can follow to set up my graphics card? Cause I know I can get better resolution than 1240x768 and right now my graphics (eg screensaver) are running super slow (chunking).

I'm running an EVGA e-geforce 6200 (nvidia) if that helps. I haven't checked yet, but would EVGA have a setup guide for linux?

[antidrugue]

To install NVIDIA proprietary drivers (if you want to have 3D and more responsive X it's the way to go), check out this guide, by techieMoe:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...d-drivers.html