Re: Display Problems

On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 02:56:17 +0000, Ash wrote:

>
> "imotgm" <imotgm_REM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:pan.2005.12.08.10.28.43.982923@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 10:21:24 +0000, Ash wrote:
>>
>>
>>> im going to try fiddling around with different configurations some more,
>>> and
>>> if that doesnt work ill try my bulky, ugly, old crt monitor.
>>
>> Did you add the;
>>
>> Option "sw_cursor"
>>
>> line to xorg.conf?
>
> yes i did. and upon restarting i found my cursor to still be missing.
> then i added it to xorg.conf. aswell, and upon restarting i still have no
> cursor.

This sentence is not making sense to me

> i could only find the /X11 directory when in GUI mode, for some reason it
> does not exist in text mode.

This also makes no sense to me. The diretory is /etc/X11, and it exists,
or does not. If it shows up in the GUI, it is there, and must be present
from the console also.

> also, whenever i hit control-alt-backspace it brings me to a GUI login
> screen, never a command prompt, so i always use control-alt-F1.

Control-alt-backspace kills the X server, then the X server restarts,reads
the xorg.conf file, and displays the login screen. It does not, by design,
give you a console prompt. Control-alt-F(n) (where (n) is the tty you
want) is the correct way to get a console prompt.

> what now?

Copy paste the contents of your xorg.conf to your next post, so that we
(the group) can read it directly to see what errors might be present. The
way to do that, is to reboot, and at the menu to choose which OS to boot,
hit the down arrow, to stop the timer, and in the dialog box at the
bottem of the menu, type "init 3" (without the quotes) then select SUSE
and hit <Enter>. You should boot to a console prompt. Log in as root.
Insert a floppy into the floppy drive, and type;

mount /dev/fd0 <Enter> # thats fd (zero)

then type;

cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf > /media/floppy/xorg.txt

This creates a text file named "xorg.txt" on the floppy, which is an exact
copy of "xorg.conf".

Next type;

umount /dev/fd0 <Enter>

When the activity light on the floppy drive goes out, press the button to
pop the floppy.

I don't know if you are using two computers, or are dual booting one, to
post from OE, but whichever, from Windows, you can now right cliick
the "xorg.txt" file, on the floppy, and select "open with" and choose
"Write", and copy/paste the contents of "xorg.txt" to your posting window
in OE.

--
imotgm
"Lost? Lost? I've never been lost... Been a tad confused for a
month or two, but never lost."


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