On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, zoilo wrote: > hello, > i'm an italian boy with a little problem with debian > gnu linux distribution. > i've installed this distro for the first time on my > old pc desktop and all ok. but at the end, when i had > to set up x server i've made a mistake: > i set up to 24 the depth of my generic monitor, but i > think this value is to hight. > so every time i turn on my pc, it cannot start gnome > display manager and x server because it's not set up > correctly. i tried to correct this problem using x > configuration program, but i've not found in this > program the solution of my problem. > how can i set to 16 the depth of the screen, using > simply the console? > i report on end error message and technical feature of > my pc. > thank you > ....se potete rispondetemi in italiano.... > > -----------------------------------------------technical > feature------------------------------------------------- > > pc vectra vl - 5 series > video card matrox > cpu 200 Mhz > ram 192 Mb > hd 4 Gb > monitor generic colours - 15" 800x600 resolution You are using the wrong driver. In the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file you want to change Driver "vga" to Driver "mga". Mark. _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
