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Hello everyone!

I decided to walk on the wild side:) yesterday and I installed Debian 4.0r4 using the network install cd. The issue now is that the highest resolution it offers 800x600.

I tried dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg command but it never even asked me about the available resolutions. It came up with the configuration below:

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
EndSection


I did a manual editing of xorg.conf like below:

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "vesa"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
Device "Generic Video Card"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection


That only prompted the error message "screens found but none is usable".

How may I solve this please?

To begin with, Debian 4.0r4 is not Lenny, it's Etch, so your wild walk should be pretty boring. Before even beginning to try solving your problem, I'd have to know a few basics. Is this your first ever Linux installation? What did you have installed before? Did your video work OK then? What kind of video hardware do you have? Are you really running Etch or Lenny?

Thanx 4 d info about etch/lenny.

No, its not my first linux install. I created a partition on my hard disk for the debian install, I've got puppy linux running on the other partition. My video works quite well when I boot Puppy. I thought I was running etch; maybe I'll just grab a weekly build iso.

The modification I made to xorg.conf were straight from another box running famelix whose video works fine.