think I've settled

[David Bandel]

On 1/21/07, Bob Hemus <ol.bob at sisqtel.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-01-19 at 21:16 -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
> > On Fri, 19 Jan 2007, Bob Hemus wrote:
> >
> > > I've been looking for a distro that I like ever since the loss of e2.4
>
> >
> > No NVIDIA driver has any limits on the resolution (mode) you can use.
> > Such limits are determined soley by the capabilities of your hardware.
> >
> > 1.0-9629 is a really old beta driver that I wouldn't use for anything.
> > You should be using 1.0-9631 (if your card is older than NV3x) or
> > 1.0-9746.
> >
> Running your second favorite distro, SuSE 10.1, I can get a 2048 X 1536
> (QXGA).  Doesn't the driver set that?  If not, David, where do I go in
> my Debian to change it?  This is not quite as intuitive as e2.4 or RH
> 7.3, but I kinda like it.
> Thanks,
> Bob
>

Install the driver.  If you don't have a valid xorg.conf, try:
Xorg -configure

You may want to make some changes to the file before using it, but
it's essentially the same as the old XFree86.conf file.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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