On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 09:17:22 +1000, "Stephen Kuhn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 06:20, Josenildo Marques wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Monday 01 September 2003 20:13, Richard Urwin wrote: > > > I ran through it no problem. You do need to do it with X stopped: > > > ctrl-Alt-F2, login as root and "telinit 3". Run the script and then > > > read the README and edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file to suit the new > > > driver; (one line to change, one line to comment out.) Before you can > > > get back to the GUI. But if that all makes sense then it's dead easy. > > > > > > Hint: I used "startx" to check it was all working, "telinit 5" doesn't > > > give you the console error messages. > > > > > > I seem to have lost anti-aliasing in the GUI, so I think I'll be > > > visiting the driver options sometime soon. > > > > Ok, I'm getting ready to do it. I think I've gathered most of the info I need. > > Still, I have a question: How can you edit the XF86Config-4 file ? Using cat > > ? > > Use "vi" to do the editing - but make a backup copy first!
Once you've pressed Ctrl+Alt+F2 and (re-)logged in, how do you restart the previous X session? When I type 'startx', I get an error message that its already running. -- cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are
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