I was told to use:

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Worked like a charm. Although I'm not sure why the installation discovery
couldn't figure that out.


"GC" wrote in message
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> I'm running Debian V4.0R0 on an old Presario 7588. Yep, 128k RAM, 20th
> century BIOS (I've been waiting to say that). IT runs well, no issues
> with
> install or performance so far, but light usage.
>
> The only issue I've had is that the screen resolution is limited to
> 640x480.
> I'm not given any other options when I go to preferences.
>
> Is there something obvious that I'm missing?
>
> There is a BIOS upgrade available from Compaq (circa 2001) that says that
> includes a video BIOS upgrade. I have not applied it yet. And have no
> idea
> if it would matter. I'm not sure if I actually have to be running MS OS
> to
> do the upgrade. I'm thinking I do not as long as I can build the upgrade
> floppy on another machine. Problem is that the Presario is the only
> machine
> I have that still has a floppy on it. But I can solve that one.
>
> Any thoughts on what I should do next.
>
>
>