screen resolutions + updating the system...

[the ex]

i just installed debian sarge and so far i love it!

i like apt-get and esspecially syntapic, i need to update somethings like firefox for instance. what repos do i add? the gnome seems outdated, can i update this?

and i can only get 800x600, i know i could get better. i assume i need to edit some X config file but which one?

thanks

edit - i just installed amarok, another old version. is there some way i can update all these things at once? without having to uninstall and reinstall?

[iwanabeguru]

Hi

please forgive me my english very wrong.

type to the shell
add these following line to the "/etc/apt/sources.list"

deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main
deb http://security.debian.org/ sarge/updates main contrib non-free

or choose another miror from
http://www.debian.org/mirror/list
and update your package data base

apt-get update

check the list of updated programs on
http://www.debian.org/News/2006/20060419
and if you find an updated program , just install it , and apt will upgrade your program.
[QUOTE]
apt-get install program_name
[QUOTE]

About gnome ... i never update it.

for the resolution probblem
the configuration files for X in the "/etc/X11/XF86Config or XF86Config-4 or xorg.conf
if you use xfree86 xserver , use the xf86config program ,
just type to the terminal "xf86confgi" enter and follow the directions.

[SweetLou]

If you use Sarge, many of your programs will be outdated. This is Debian's philosophy. They do a lot of testing before a package becomes part of the stable release. It is a very long process for a package to become part of the stable release. If you want more up-to-date packages, then you might want to run etch or sid, I use etch.
There is a repository that has repackaged etch repositories to be used on sarge, it is called backports.com. You can add the following to your sources.list

deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ stable all
deb-src http://www.backports.org/debian/ stable all

Even etch is not the cutting edge, for that you would want sid.

[the ex]

thanks

is it possible to upgrade to etch from sarge?
like without reinstalling, just through apt or something similar?

[Vergil83]

thanks

is it possible to upgrade to etch from sarge?
like without reinstalling, just through apt or something similar?

yes, if you want to just change the stable to testing in your

/etc/apt/sources.list

then

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade

if you want new resolutions try editing your

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

and adding the resolutions you want.

[brokndodge]

i'm not sure but i think sarge still uses xfree86.

debian stable - sarge # very stable heavily tested (old)
debian testing - etch # more modern, might have a few bugs
debian unstable - sid # bleeding egde, might not even install

when u upgrade to sarge look in your /etc/apt/sources.list a deb entry will look like this

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sarge main

change sarge to etch like this

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main

here is my sources.list for etch

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main

deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main

[SweetLou]

Yes, Sarge still uses XFree86 and etch uses Xorg. You can update through apt, but I have had troubles doing it that way. I just wiped my hard drive and installed etch, took about an hour at the most.
The only problem I had was the differences between Xorg and XFree86 and getting my Microsoft Intellimouse working the way I like it, finally did.

[tttk]

Could you show your config file for Xorg? I could not setup my microsoft mouse too.

[SweetLou]

Sorry for the delay, I don't come here very often, but my xorg.conf is:

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ExplorerPS/2"
	Option		"Buttons"		"5"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
	Option 		"ButtonMapping" 	"1 2 3 6 7"
EndSection

and my .imwheelrc

".*"
 None, Left,   Alt_L|Left
 None, Right, Alt_L|Right
 None, Up, Page_Up
 None, Down, Page_Down

Don't use xmodmap anymore if you did. I also use Gnome and start imwheel through the sessions configuration with the command:
imwheel
I don't use imwheel -k -b "67" or any other arguements.
As you can see, my .imwheelrc is a little different than most others, I did this to be able to scroll by pages in Opera, Thunderbird, Nautilus and other apps.

[tttk]

Thanx a lot!