Ted Roche wrote: > I blame you, too! > Mmmm... I think you may have taken this the wrong way, or I didn't sufficiently convey my meaning. It was intended tongue in cheek. It was late at night, had been working all day, and was trying this live CD and getting ugly results. So I was reacting like a frustrated kid..... that's the tongue in the cheek. But sometimes it does not work (the tongue), you are writing in a language that is not your own and to people not of your culture, so you don't have such a fine control over what you want to provoke. Next time I'll try to be more explicit. ( see below) > >> So I start snooping around and I get to the desktop settings, do a >> couple of changes and zap! my screen goes weird. >> > > Zap?! You set the settings incorrectly and they don't display > correctly. The computer did what you told it to. You fix this with > Ctrl-Alt-Minus to lower the resolution or Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to > restart the X server. Or drop to a terminal window with Ctrl-Alt-1 and > change the /etc/X11/xorg.conf settings using an editor. >
Of course I did that, or some other foolish thing. I was just playing around with a live cd! > >> Nothing to be done so I >> think I'll reboot and start again..... No such luck! When I reboot the >> same weird colours receive me and there is nothing to be done. >> > > "Nothing to be done" isn't exactly accurate. It just may be that you > aren't aware of the many features that Linux has to offer you: > adjustable desktop resolutions, access to consoles where you can read > the logs, change the settings back to the way they were before or try > configuring them differently. Hmm, interesting. Sounds like the video > card got confused and stayed that way across a reboot. Did you try to > turn the machine off and then on? > Yes, I'm aware. Used to have Debian installed at home a few years ago. But then I started using w$ again and kind of let it be. Now I've forgotten most of the Debian stuff and would have to re-read my books. Don't feel in the mood (I'm building a boat, so now I'd rather keep computer work confined to my workplace). > >> It seems >> these idiots, in spite of the option saying try ubunto without modifying >> your system, have written my preferences somewhere and now I am stuck. >> > > I think you may be mistaken about the "idiots." This system works for > a lot of people. Perhaps you are misunderstanding what you are seeing. > If you turn on the machine and reboot with the Ubuntu disk again, it > should work the way it did the first time. But I really don't think > you should try. Or at least not blame it on "you people" or "those > idiots." > Sorry, it was not meant that harshly. Of course the final 'idiot' is me :-) >> Nice! I guess if I google a bit (or much) and investigate I'll be able >> to repair it. But I don't feel like it! >> > > Well, that settles that! > Yup, maybe the post should have gone OT and not NF. As I was just making a comment on my life more than a technical one. >> It is not ready yet for the general public! And I am >> not in the mood to start learning once again how to get around debian. >> So it will be next year... maybe. >> > > It seems to me that you're not approaching this problem from the right > angle. Installing an OS is not something "the general public" should > be doing, whether that's Windows or OS X or BSD or Linux. Most members > of this list are computer professionals and should be able to do this, > with proper review, preparations and care, making backups, a copy of > the disk image, a spare copy of the Master Boot Record. > And here I get burned and crash. LOL And you are able to do it in such a classy way! Good! > Many of us got our first machine running at a Linux Installfest. I'd > encourage you to consider that, too. And if you really want to run a > Linux machine, joining the local Linux User Group and a few Linux > mailing lists is probably a good idea. [NF] posts in ProFox are really > not the way to get support. > > > But, perhaps you should wait til next year. > Nah! I'll wait a couple of weekends and get onto it when the temp drops down a little (we are getting 35ºC in spring!!!) and give it another, more serious, try. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
