Debian Graphics card set wrong

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    Default Debian Graphics card set wrong

    Installed debian thinking I had an onboard ATI chip, turns out it's a
    Matrox.

    Any idea how to change it easily tihout going throught the install?

    Trev


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    Default Re: Debian Graphics card set wrong

    Hello

    Trevor Henderson (<th003e7520@blueyonder.co.uk>) wrote:
    > Installed debian thinking I had an onboard ATI chip, turns out it's a
    > Matrox.
    >
    > Any idea how to change it easily tihout going throught the install?
    If you installed XFree 4, use

    dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

    to rerun the configuration dialog.

    best regards
    Andreas Janssen

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    Default Re: Debian Graphics card set wrong

    Thanks very much, sorted the problem.

    Trev

    "Andreas Janssen" <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
    news:bkfr4v$jlp$05$1@news.t-online.com...
    > Hello
    >
    > Trevor Henderson (<th003e7520@blueyonder.co.uk>) wrote:
    >
    > > Installed debian thinking I had an onboard ATI chip, turns out it's a
    > > Matrox.
    > >
    > > Any idea how to change it easily tihout going throught the install?
    >
    > If you installed XFree 4, use
    >
    > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
    >
    > to rerun the configuration dialog.
    >
    > best regards
    > Andreas Janssen
    >
    > --
    > Andreas Janssen
    > [email]andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com[/email]
    > PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674
    > Registered Linux User #267976

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