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

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