Michael Fischer wrote: > On Thu, Jun 14, BandiPat wrote: > >> Michael, >> My first suggestion would be that it's a good time to update the video >> card as well. I'm guessing that card will not display the resolution >> that monitor needs. Also, a newer card, even just a 9600 or 9200 will >> give you a smooth setup for not much money and very good performance on >> your setup. >> >> > > Thanks. I had an old Radeon sitting in a drawer, so I threw that in. > > Rebooted, and saw the bios, grub, and the splash screen for picking > the kernel. Hit enter just to get on with it, and then the monitor > went back to its misbehavior about saying it was not running > at an optimum resolution. > > I then put back the old monitor and went into a 2 hour fight to > get the thing to boot properly. Its an oldish machine which > has been showing this kind of ill health for years. I'm hesitant > to ever reboot it for that reason. Can take 10 tries, with full > power off from the back of the box. Its still not recognizing > the mouse now... *sigh* > > Time to drop a bunch of money on a new machine, and pray I can > figure a way to save all my files. >
Why not just rsync all the files of interest over to the new box? The integrity of the filesystem is really not connected to the display issues... Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
