On Wednesday 29 June 2005 19:05, peter gibbons wrote: > Hi There, > i run Mandrake on my pc, not the most recent version but v7 or v8. All was > going well until my old old monitor finally died. I replaced it with a > flat screen monitor and this is where my problem now starts. When i boot > up Mndrake everthing looks ok until the desktop tries to load & display and > then i get a monitor error which says: Input not Supported. > > I am totally unable to load up Mandrake in any format what so ever, so i > seem to be totally unable to use mandrake with my new monitor. > > Whats are my options, is there a quick fix that i can do?? Bear in mind > that at the moment i cant access my data to back it up. > > thanks in advance > Peter
At your Lilo prompt select "failsafe" It will boot up in text mode. Log on as root and run XFdrake A GUI will start in text mode which will allow you to redefine your monitor. (Navigate around the GUI with the Tab key) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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