OK. I played with that X configuration tool for a while and managed to get a 1024x768x24 picture. I'm glad I have the manual.
Installing now. Then I can worry about getting it to show 1650x1080. On 1/18/07, Jared Ubelhor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have openSUSE 10.1 running on the machine currently. It's not broken On 1/18/07, Bob Miller < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > Jared Ubelhor wrote: > > > I have Mint (Dapper Drake, basicly) installed on my other PC, and it's > > pretty slick. I'd like to install it on my main machine, but when X > starts I > > get no picutre. > > Doing a CTRL + ALT + F1 gives me a beautiful scramble of colors. > > First, try a couple of live CDs. See if any of them configure X > correctly. If so, you know the problem's soluble. You might just > copy /etc/X11/xorg.conf from the live CD to external storage (pen > drive, network file server...). > > Second, can you log into the broken PC at all? Boot in recovery > mode maybe? If so, then I'd try turning off X(*) and running > > $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg > > That will play "20 Questions" with you. You can test the configuration > by running startx from the console. If startx locks up, you can > probably get back with either <Ctrl>-C or <Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Backspace>. > > Alternately, just copy the xorg.conf that the live CD created into > /etc/X11 and reboot. It might work. > > (*) How do you turn off X? See the update-rc.d(8) man page. You want > to find out whether you have xdm, kdm or gdm. Remove it using > "update-rc.d remove", then restore it later with "update-rc.d > defaults". > > -- > Bob Miller K<bob> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug >
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