Re: Monitor troubles in linux.

From: Enkidu (enkidu.com_at_com.cliffp.com)
Date: 09/18/05 

Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:19:45 +1200

monkie wrote:
> Alright well, I have been running a dual booted ubuntu 5.04 with xp for
> a week or so now, and it's been running fine. Well, my screen started
> to shake so I decided to edit my xorg.conf to change the refresh rate
> without making a backup (I know... sooooo dumb)
>
> I can't remember the exact numbers, but I changed the vertRefresh I
> believe from maybe 75 to 60. So I rebooted and it boots up fine until
> it loads all my user settings i guess, because right before the login
> screen comes up my monitor goes all black and the little green lights
> to change the shape of the display and such all flash at the same time.
> Now I can type my username and password and login fine, I hear the
> music play.
>
> Also, I tried booting up from the livecd and the monitor runs fine.
>>>From there I ran xorgconif I did all that. But it didn't work. Do you
> guys have any suggestions I could try without doing a full reinstall?
>
> I really need some help, please.
>
Use the command line, Luke. Ctrl-Alt-Backspace gets you there.

Cheers,

Cliff 

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