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Does anyone know how to change the resolution in Elive 1.6 Development. The resolution is so small you can't see a thing,I tried going into the configuration to change it ...
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  1. 04-08-2008 #1
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    Elive 1.6 Development,How do U change Resolution...

    Does anyone know how to change the resolution in Elive 1.6 Development. The resolution is so small you can't see a thing,I tried going into the configuration to change it but there is no option to change it to a different size,no resolution options are listed...

    Is this just 'cause it's the development version or are they all like this & does anyone know how to change it.

    Thanx
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    Elive is Debian based so this command should work :
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    su -
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
    Reconfigure display settings and press Alt+Ctrl+Backspace or reboot machine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by devils casper View Post
    Elive is Debian based so this command should work :
    Code:
    su -
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
    Reconfigure display settings and press Alt+Ctrl+Backspace or reboot machine.
    Thanx for your reply,didn't really know where I was supposed to type this command though

    But anyways I figured out how to get a resolution that was at least readable. I have a ATI Radeon Graphics Card & apparently it doesn't like that so I chose the "VESA" driver option instead of ATI or Radeon, pretty simple in the end...

    Thanx anyway for your reply!!
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    You had to execute that command in Terminal Or press Alt+Ctrl+F1 and it will switch to tty1. You can switch back to GUI by pressing Alt+Ctrl+F7.

    vesa is a Generic driver and works fine with most of Graphics Card. Install ATI Proprietary driver for better display.
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