Richard Carlson wrote:

>(1) My screen resolution is set as a default 800 X 600 mode and cannot be
>changed in the program. I've got a 5200 Nvidia Video card. This is
>problematic. The inital install set it up in this mode because it stated
>that Nvida cards created problems. I enter my screen Horz and Vert refresh
>rates because I've got a LCD screen moniter.
>
Isn't this one of the usual "hassles" with Debian? Editing of
etc/X11/XF86Config or etc/X11/XF86Config-4 will be necessary. I remember
almost having to "crank up" my screen resolution, editing the above
files and then going to Desktop Preferences>Screen Resolution. Screen
related part of XF86Config on my machine:

# Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400"
Monitor "AL1931"
DefaultDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection


and XF86Config-4:


Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
Driver "nv"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "PciRetry" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Acer AL1931"
HorizSync 30-80
VertRefresh 60-75
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
Monitor "Acer AL1931"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

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

>
>(4) I believe the kernel is set up as 2.4 as default. I'd like to get 2.6
>insstalled. . .
>
>Where do I go from here? I need some help in geting the bugs out. Does one
>of these disks contain 2.6 kernel modules? I wouldn't know.
>
>
I can't really add to my post under:

Re: Will apt-get update not upgrade kernel also?

here.

>I've gotten Mepis, Suse, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Knoppix 3.9 all to work with
>my computer. . . I suprised that Debian is giving me these problems. . .
>
>

As easy as it is to install things on Debian using apt-get/Synaptic,
Debian is very uninclined in my (limited) experience to even try to
guess the settings an "average" user might want.