New to debian

[UbuntiX]

Alright I've been running ubuntu for a while,
really like it and thought I'd try debian.

Liking debian too,
but a few problems I'll need to sort out of course

So I guess I'll post them here.

Firstly:

I need to set my screen resolution to 1280x1024...But the only options are 800x600 and 640x480...

So how do I set it as I want it?

[Grifter]

At the bottom of the X config file there are modes, that's where you specify the resolution

/etc/X11 and the file is called XF86Config for xfree and xorg.conf for xorg

[UbuntiX]

I tried edit it as root but the resolution is the same,
and I did reboot.

[Grifter]

did you edit it for the depth you're using?

[Penguin Skinner]

Open up your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, and find the section labeled "Screen".

You will find one or more subsections labeled "Display" each of which specifies available modes for a given color depth (you may only need the subsection corresponding the the "DefaultDepth" you're using.)

Under each "Display" subsection you wish to keep/have, add the "1280x1024" desired resolution to the beginning of the "Modes" line. I would also include "1024x768" so that you have that available.

Here's a sample of how the "Screen" section of your xorg.conf file should look when you're done:

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Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]"
        Monitor         "DELL E773s"
        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



Good luck, and welcome to Debian!

[UbuntiX]

bash: /etc/xorg.conf: No such file or directory

Strange...But I'll leave the resolution for now

Having some MySQL problems,
when I installed it I was never asked to make a super user, password, or anything similar.

I tried adding my root user to group "mysql",
but can't login with it.

What should I do?

[Penguin Skinner]

My bad ... /etc/X11/xorg.conf (original post now corrected.)

[UbuntiX]

That file doesn't seem to exist either...But could I get some help with MySQL?

[StarMonkey]

I usually do one of the following to give the root mysql user a password...

mysqladmin -u root password yourrootpassword

or from the mysql prompt (just type mysql then hit enter)
grant all privileges on *.* to 'root'@'%' identified by 'password' with grant option;

The second one seems to have much better results for me

[UbuntiX]

Neither of them worked

[StarMonkey]

did you do the second one from the mysql prompt (it will be 'mysql>')?

you could try this to flush everything

mysqladmin -uroot -pyourpassword flush-privileges
mysqladmin -uroot -pyourpassword flush-hosts

Then a restart of the service just to be sure..

/etc/init.d/mysql restart

I've only ever done it straight after a clean install, so it may be easier to just apt-get remove the mysql-server package, then reinstall it.

Here's what I usually do to get a mysql server up quickly...

# apt-get install mysql-server-5.0 (you can use 4.1 if you want)
when that's done
# mysql
mysql> grant all privileges on *.* to 'root'@'%' identified by 'password' with grant option;

you'll get a message saying something like '0 rows affected', which is good.

[zwerg]

Forgive me if I missed something here, but... do we know what kernel is involved?? Did anybody ask what flavor of Debian we are talking about?

Could it be that the query comes from somone who is not using Xorg for the GUI?

My (pure) Sarge setup uses kernel 2.6.8, and I sure don't have Xorg. Everything in my Toontown is handled by /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.

Yeah, I suppose that will provoke a few sneers from the wing-walkers, but that antique just might be involved in this case, too. Maybe check it out??