Debian shows my monitor as "Not Supported"

dinghyking · 09-08-2007, 10:47 AM

I am running an AMD processor, I have a 300GB Hard Drive and an 80GB hard drive. I have Ubuntu running on the 80Gb, I had windows on the 300, It would not allow me to partition it so I have now taken windows off and I am trying to Install Debian. The instillation was fine until I rebooted and the monitor is shown as not supported. Can anyone help, how do I get the monitor supported

tommytomthms5 · 09-08-2007, 11:11 AM

please type the error message more completely it might just be something f-ed up with the config

type: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg as root or sudo

dinghyking · 09-08-2007, 11:30 AM

Thank you tommytomthms5
I have rebooted debian and now get a rectangular box moving around the screen with "input not supported" I am sorry I do not know which directory to change to in order to type the instruction you suggested. At the command prompt on boot up it shows grub as the directory

tommytomthms5 · 09-08-2007, 11:37 AM

wtf??? ive never heard of an error like that before i think if you press ctrl+alt+backspace it takes you to command prompt

AlucardZero · 09-08-2007, 11:51 AM

that's the monitor saying that it doesn't support the resolution + refresh rate that is trying to be used.

Boot into single user mode and do the dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg command. There, to be safe start with only selecting 640x480 and 60Hz, when given the choice.