Monitor/Mouse issues

[k3n0bl]

I am a bit of a linux noob so please bare with me. I have a few problems here:

I cannot figure out how to give myself the option for higher resolutions ( I know my monitor can handle higher than 1024x768)

When I changed the resolution/refresh rate to the highest offered by the display settings configuration menu,  my mouse cursor disappeared.  In order to restore a visible mouse cursor I have to open a video on the movie player (it's the only way I know how to restore it).

I do know that on other linux distros... I would normally use xorg,  but as you prolly know,  there is no xorg.config file.  So I tried to exit the X server and drop into CLI to try to configure xorg... run "gdm stop" and then my screen just starts flickering until i eventually have to power my machine completely off.

Please tell me there is an easier way,  i would really like to start using BackBox with the settings I'd like,  I prefer BackBox to the other pentest distros,  it runs much smoother on my machine and it's not overloaded with tools that i'll never use.

[raffaele]

BackBox automatically set the best resolution... Verify the compatibility of your video card.