On Thu, February 16, 2006 7:31 am, Nick Rout wrote: In the hope of making these suggestions more generic... > > The tea is a sound proposition, as is lying down. Kicking the computer > has enormous theraputic value. > > 1st thing to do after that is try and get the X configuration restored. > on the command line go to /etc/X11 and see what files are there: > > cd /etc/X11 > ls -la > > you should see a bunch of files, the ones you are interested in are > named xorg.conf and variations on that. Programs that change that file > have hopefully renamed the old version to something like xorg.conf.old > or xorg.conf~ or xorg.conf.bkup. The time/date of the files will help > you tell what is what. If you find one that you think was replaced on > Tuesday night, revert it by renaming the existing conf file to > something that doesn't already exist and then rename the backed uup > file to xorg.conf, viz: > > (you will need to be the root user to do this) > > mv xorg.conf xorg.conf.this.was.made.at.clug (backing up the tuesday > one) > > mv xorg.conf.bkup xorg.conf (the first name will depend on what ls -l > found) I'd copy it, not move it. That way when you mv something on top of xorg.conf/XF86Config-4, you still have the old working copy. > > you should now be able to start X, as follows (again as the root user): > > telinit 3 > telinit 5 Unfortunately some linuxes (linii) like debian abuse the run levels as they were originally intended. startx usually works, and the alternative 3 fingered salute ( CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE ) will shut X down if successful. > > If, on the other hand, you cannot find a backed up xorg.conf file you > are a little further up the creek, but there are still paddles floating > around in your system. I believe mandriva's X configuration utility is > called drakx. Try running that from the command line (again as root). (I asked for the original info in the hope of remotely generating it) > > Or alternatively you could post what is currently in xorg.conf THat might be safer! > > Or give me a call at work on 3798966 and I'll see if we can arrange a > time to come around and kick it together :-) > Cheers,
Steve -- Let us have a moment of silence for all Americans who are now stuck in traffic on their way to a health club to ride a stationary bicycle. - Congressman Earl Blumenauer (Oregon)
