== Misconfigured Graphics Server ==

Your Graphics server may be misconfigured if you have the folloing symptoms

 * you are not getting any graphics, just a text log in screen
 * you are not getting the right resolution for your screen

This may happen if you've installed/upgraded the kernel or changed your graphics card.

You will need to log in in text mode. If you are not at a text login press Ctrl+Alt+F1. Log in and type

{{{sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg}}}

Follow the questions, most thing are automatically detected

note: you may need to know how much memerory you graphics card has, which is mb x 1024. You may also need the horisontal sync and vertical refresh of your dispay.

To restart the graphics server type

{{{sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart}}}

or, if you are using kubuntu

{{{sudo /etc/init.d/kdm restart}}}

For the kernel update you must also install restricted-modules hiting escape at boot will allow you to boot into previous kernel and install them with synaptic.

== Nvidia Graphics Cards ==

Some Nvidia Graphics cards need the Nvidia binary drivers, see [[BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia]]


== ATI Graphics Cards ==

Some ATI Graphics cards need the ATI binary drivers, see [[BinaryDriverHowto/ATI]]