Of course, I'm new to Debian which I installed a few days ago. After
trying Red Hat a couple few years ago this is fine OS. My problem is
that I can not change the screen resolution above 640X480. The sound and
graphics are on board the M/B and I don't remember what the info on the
M/B is. Other wise I would look for graphic support for Linux on line at
the M/B's web site. I'm running WinXP on the C drive and Ubuntu on the
second H/D or drive D. In Windows I can run the resolution at 800X600
which works for me. I'm assuming that the resolution cause some of the
program windows to expand beyond the limits of the program screens.

Thanks, Li'l Al

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Albert L Gerber wrote:
>
>
> Of course, I'm new to Debian which I installed a few days ago. After
> trying Red Hat a couple few years ago this is fine OS. My problem is
> that I can not change the screen resolution above 640X480. The sound and
> graphics are on board the M/B and I don't remember what the info on the
> M/B is. Other wise I would look for graphic support for Linux on line at
> the M/B's web site. I'm running WinXP on the C drive and Ubuntu on the
> second H/D or drive D. In Windows I can run the resolution at 800X600
> which works for me. I'm assuming that the resolution cause some of the
> program windows to expand beyond the limits of the program screens.
>
> Thanks, Li'l Al
Run the command dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg in a command prompt, it's
likely X will guess correctly at what your video hardware is.

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Albert L Gerber <albertgerber@juno.com>:
>
>  Of course, I'm new to Debian which I installed a few days ago. After
>  trying Red Hat a couple few years ago this is fine OS. My problem is
>  that I can not change the screen resolution above 640X480. The sound and

It may be they're already configured.  In X Window, try "CTRL-ALT-+"
(meaning the "+" key on the keypad).  That cycles through the
available modes.  "-" goes backwards.  If there are no other
resolutions configured, get to a console, "su -" to root, then
"dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg".

>  graphics are on board the M/B and I don't remember what the info on the
>  M/B is. Other wise I would look for graphic support for Linux on line at

"lspci" will list all onboard devices.  Add "-v" or "-vv" for more detail.

>  the M/B's web site. I'm running WinXP on the C drive and Ubuntu on the
>  second H/D or drive D. In Windows I can run the resolution at 800X600
>  which works for me. I'm assuming that the resolution cause some of the
>  program windows to expand beyond the limits of the program screens.

Also fiddle with "Bit Per Pixel" depth.  This defines how many colors
it can display.  The higher numbers use more video RAM.


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Government satellites recorded s. keeling saying:

>
> It may be they're already configured.  In X Window, try "CTRL-ALT-+"
> (meaning the "+" key on the keypad).  That cycles through the
> available modes.  "-" goes backwards.
<snip>

That's a cool thing to know!
That's another _new_ thing I learned about Linux.
Gotta love Linux! Feel the power!!

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On Aug 9, 1:59 am, sk8r-365 <sk8r-...@sk8r.debian.etch.invalid.org>
wrote:
> Government satellites recorded s. keeling saying:
>
>
> 
>
> <snip>
>
> That's a cool thing to know!
> That's another _new_ thing I learned about Linux.
> Gotta love Linux! Feel the power!!

Hrm...
It's an X11 (or actually XFree86 and Xorg) server feature, which you
can turn on (like Ctrl-Alt-Backspace).
Has nothing to do with linux.  You have same features on xBSD etc.
when running X11.
Like that X11 is a distibuted graphical systems since they started to
develop it back in the eighties. ;).

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AJackson <anders.jackson@gmail.com>:
>  On Aug 9, 1:59 am, sk8r-365 <sk8r-...@sk8r.debian.etch.invalid.org>
>  wrote: 
>
>  Hrm...
>  It's an X11 (or actually XFree86 and Xorg) server feature, which you
>  can turn on (like Ctrl-Alt-Backspace).

Hrm ...

JFYI, that kills X Window.  Don't do that if you don't want that.

>  Has nothing to do with linux.  You have same features on xBSD etc.
>  when running X11.  Like that X11 is a distibuted graphical systems
>  since they started to develop it back in the eighties.  ;).

ACK.


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Horton heard a Who named s. keeling saying:
> AJackson <anders.jackson@gmail.com>: 
>
> Hrm ...
>
> JFYI, that kills X Window.  Don't do that if you don't want that.

It'll kill an active session but it also restarts X.

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Horton heard a Who named AJackson saying:
> On Aug 9, 1:59 am, sk8r-365 <sk8r-...@sk8r.debian.etch.invalid.org>
> wrote: 
>
> Hrm...
> It's an X11 (or actually XFree86 and Xorg) server feature, which you
> can turn on (like Ctrl-Alt-Backspace).
> Has nothing to do with linux.  You have same features on xBSD etc.
> when running X11.
> Like that X11 is a distibuted graphical systems since they started to
> develop it back in the eighties. ;).
>

Thanks for the info. I've only known of X via Linux. Hence, my view is limit
ed.
But it's a great view from here! (poor Windows suckers).

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sk8r-365 writes:
> It'll kill an active session but it also restarts X.

No it doesn't.  Your display manager restarts X.
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On Aug 23, 6:42 am, sk8r-365 <sk8r-...@sk8r.debian.etch.invalid.org>
wrote:
> Horton heard a Who named AJackson saying:
>
>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
> Thanks for the info. I've only known of X via Linux. Hence, my view is lim
ited.
> But it's a great view from here! (poor Windows suckers).

You CAN actually run X11 on a MS Windows box.  It's just a program
that writes to your screen(s) and read from your input(s).  And
commands to write and events from input can travel over the net.
This is why you can run graphic software from your server having it
displayed on you X11 server, even if you don't have a graphic card or
screen on your server.
You can even run a X11 server in your X11 server.  THIS is a cool
feature.  No, it is not a later hack.
(From memory) try
Xnest :1 -query localhost

(You need to install xnest X11-server first)

Ctrl-Alt-Backspace restarts your X11 server, and by doing that also
kills your session.
This feature can be turned off in X11 server configuration file, if
you have problems with that.

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