I only know enough to be terribly dangerous. Ctrl+Alt+F1 might give access to a terminal and then maybe xrandr with the proper arguments to re-enable the GUI? On Mar 25, 2015 4:42 AM, "Erik Christiansen" <dva...@internode.on.net> wrote:
> On 25.03.15 08:48, Andreas Pettersson wrote: > > Easiest way is to create a new user and startx on that user so you drop > > all previous configs. > > then just copy you home folder setting files to your old user again.. > > If it is an xorg.conf in $HOME which is causing the problem, then there > is no need for a new user. It is sufficent to delete (or rename) that file. > > I have never encountered a linux box with a per-user xorg.conf, and I > expect that Mark would be back on the air on falling back to a default > system config. > > Erik > > -- > The meta-problem here is that the configuration wizard does all the > approved > rituals (GUI with standardized clicky buttons, help popping up in a > browser, > etc. etc.) but doesn't have the central attribute these are supposed to > achieve: > discoverability. That is, the quality that every point in the interface has > prompts and actions attached to it from which you can learn what to do > next. > - Eric Raymond, in "The Luxury of > Ignorance." > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, > sponsored > by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for > all > things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs > to > news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the > conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
