On Friday 27 January 2006 13:59, Richard Wegner wrote: > Hi there, > > I recently had Debian 3.1 unstable version on my system, but my X > windows kept on going bad. I did some diagnostics and found out that > my video card was one of those that it didn't really like that much. > What I am wondering is for some suggestions for a video card that > does work quite well with Debian 3.1 unstable with high resolutions. > With the current one I have, it currently goes only 800x600 on my > resolution no matter what I try and do. > > I had to revert to Mandrake 10.1 Community Edition for the time being > till I can find a good enough video card that will work. > > My current video card is a GeForce 2 FX 5200 with 128mb onboard video > RAM. > > Thanks...BTW, the only CD I have for my Debian system is my Network > Install CD (which worked great). Thanks... If you have a Geforce FX 5200 then that card is more than enough to run 1024x768 I used to run my old one at 1600x1200 on dual monitors with no problem. What is most likely happening is that your vertical and horizontal refresh rates in your X config as set too low as they always are during install thus preventing you from getting a higher resolution. Edit the section of the file that is similar to what I am posting below and put in the actual ranges supported by the monitor a quick Google search on the make/model of the monitor will usually come up with these numbers if you do not have the manual, once edited restart the X server. # NEC P1250 + Section "Monitor" DisplaySize 384 288 # mm Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "NEC" ModelName "P1250 +" HorizSync 31-110 # DDC-probed VertRefresh 55-160 # DDC-probed Option "DPMS" "true" Option "BackingStore" "On" EndSection You may also need to edit the Screen section to have the actual resolutions you want to use for the display colour depth you are using make sure that you put the "1024x768" at the start of the line like this. SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection Stephen -- Debian the choice of a GNU generation GPG Public Key: http://users.eastlink.ca/~stephencormier/publickey.asc
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