>This involves Microsoft Virtual Machine 2007 and an unsupported OS, so
>please, if it floats your boat, go ahead and tell me that Debian is an
>unsupported OS and tell me to get VMware, etc.,................I need a
>laugh.
>
>I did a netinstall, mirrored it (which probably downloaded every piece of
>software ever written for it), and the desktop is totally screwed. It is
>mostly black with a few horizontal color bars.
>
>I did manage to make out a User/Password request and my login was
>accepted.
>
>I did manage to drop the desktop with ctrl-alt-f2 and I am logged in as a
>user. I have the root password if necessary.
>
>So I am ready to edit config files as necessary, making necessary text
>changes, though it would be nice to know how to start the proper editor
>and navigate to the proper files..................
>
>Any help out there?
>
>
>FACE

>I haven't tried Debian in a VM in a long time, but I have used Ubuntu
>(which is based on Debian)
>
>When at the shell command line, so
>
>sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
>Scroll down to the screen resolutions and change the default color
>depth from 24 to 16.
>
>nano is a pretty basic editor with the function keys on the bottom. (I
>actually have a Debian iso, so I'll load it up so I can describe
>things better....)

> On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:49:27 -0400, in microsoft.public.virtualpc,
> Robert Comer <(email address - cut out)>, wrote
>
>>I haven't tried Debian in a VM in a long time, but I have used Ubuntu
>>(which is based on Debian)
>>
>>When at the shell command line, so
>>
>>sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>
>>Scroll down to the screen resolutions and change the default color
>>depth from 24 to 16.
>>
>>nano is a pretty basic editor with the function keys on the bottom. (I
>>actually have a Debian iso, so I'll load it up so I can describe
>>things better....)
>
> Thanks, Bob, I entered sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf and of course it
> wanted the root password (I guessed that is what it wanted) I entered it
> and it failed -- it said that <user[me]> was not in the sudoers file.
> However, and perhaps wrongly, at installation, I assigned the same
> password to "root" and to <user - me>.
>
> What i know right now about Linux could probably be inscribed on a pinhead
> in large print. :-)
>
>
> FACE

>wanted the root password (I guessed that is what it wanted) I entered it
>and it failed -- it said that <user[me]> was not in the sudoers file.
>However, and perhaps wrongly, at installation, I assigned the same
>password to "root" and to <user - me>.
>What i know right now about Linux could probably be inscribed on a pinhead
>in large print. :-)
>On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:49:27 -0400, in microsoft.public.virtualpc,
>Robert Comer <(email address - cut out)>, wrote
>
>>I haven't tried Debian in a VM in a long time, but I have used Ubuntu
>>(which is based on Debian)
>>
>>When at the shell command line, so
>>
>>sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>
>>Scroll down to the screen resolutions and change the default color
>>depth from 24 to 16.
>>
>>nano is a pretty basic editor with the function keys on the bottom. (I
>>actually have a Debian iso, so I'll load it up so I can describe
>>things better....)
>
>Thanks, Bob, I entered sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf and of course it
>wanted the root password (I guessed that is what it wanted) I entered it
>and it failed -- it said that <user[me]> was not in the sudoers file.
>However, and perhaps wrongly, at installation, I assigned the same
>password to "root" and to <user - me>.
>
>What i know right now about Linux could probably be inscribed on a pinhead
>in large print. :-)
>
>
>FACE

>I haven't tried Debian in a VM in a long time, but I have used Ubuntu
>(which is based on Debian)
>
>When at the shell command line, so
>
>sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
>Scroll down to the screen resolutions and change the default color
>depth from 24 to 16.
>
>nano is a pretty basic editor with the function keys on the bottom. (I
>actually have a Debian iso, so I'll load it up so I can describe
>things better....)

>FACE wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:49:27 -0400, in microsoft.public.virtualpc,
>> Robert Comer <(email address - cut out)>, wrote
>>
>>>I haven't tried Debian in a VM in a long time, but I have used Ubuntu
>>>(which is based on Debian)
>>>
>>>When at the shell command line, so
>>>
>>>sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>>
>>>Scroll down to the screen resolutions and change the default color
>>>depth from 24 to 16.
>>>
>>>nano is a pretty basic editor with the function keys on the bottom. (I
>>>actually have a Debian iso, so I'll load it up so I can describe
>>>things better....)
>>
>> Thanks, Bob, I entered sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf and of course it
>> wanted the root password (I guessed that is what it wanted) I entered it
>> and it failed -- it said that <user[me]> was not in the sudoers file.
>> However, and perhaps wrongly, at installation, I assigned the same
>> password to "root" and to <user - me>.
>>
>> What i know right now about Linux could probably be inscribed on a pinhead
>> in large print. :-)
>>
>>
>> FACE
>
>type: su
>it will ask for root password, enter it
>type: nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>proceed.

>On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:49:27 -0400, in microsoft.public.virtualpc,
>Robert Comer <(email address - cut out)>, wrote
>
>>I haven't tried Debian in a VM in a long time, but I have used Ubuntu
>>(which is based on Debian)
>>
>>When at the shell command line, so
>>
>>sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>
>>Scroll down to the screen resolutions and change the default color
>>depth from 24 to 16.
>>
>>nano is a pretty basic editor with the function keys on the bottom. (I
>>actually have a Debian iso, so I'll load it up so I can describe
>>things better....)
>
>Done using the instructions of David Sanders.
>
>Changes /etc/X11/xorg.conf with nano in 2 places:
>
>Section Screen originally 24 now 16
>Sub-section "Display" originally 24 now 16.
>
>(Writeout? OK. :-))
>
>Ordered shutdown, rebooted into Desktop which now has correct
>video/display/resolution.
>
>THANKS!
>
>FACE
>