Re: I did a newbie screwup - video problem

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Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:18:34 GMT

Jerry Criswell wrote:

> Lenard <Lenard@127.0.0.1> wrote in news:xLpMe.3234$Hn3.880
> @newssvr23.news.prodigy.net:
>
>
>> You can get to a prompt and fix this little problem, reboot your
> system
>> when the Grub splash screen is displayed press the 'Esc' key. Select
>> the Linux boot choice and press the 'e' key. Select the line that
>> begins with something like 'kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6' and press the
> 'e'
>> key again. At the end of the line add a space followed by the number
>> three (3). Press the 'Enter' key followed by the 'b' key. When the
>> system is done boot log on as root (supply the password when asked).
>>
>> Step 1
>>
>> As root enter each command one at a time and press the 'Enter' key
> when
>> done typing;
>>
>> mv /etc/Xll/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.hold
>> system-config-display
>>
>> When done configuring the display test it by typing; startx
>>
>> If the results are not acceptable, press the three key combo of
>> Ctrl+Alt+F1 and type; init 3
>>
>> Go back to step 1 and try again.
>>
>> If the results look good, then your almost done exit out of the GUI
>> session and type; init 5
>>
>> Press the three key combo of Ctrl+Alt+F1 and logout by typing; logout
>>
>> Press the three key combo of Ctrl+Alt+F7 and log on with your normal
>> user account.
>>
>>
>
> OK, I have verified that my config file is XF86Config. In your
> instructions above, after the mv command, you post: "system-config-
> display". What do I do with this? It isn't recognized as a command.

Well, the other post you made in this newsgroup said you installed FC4;

Fedora Won't go Online
From: Jerry Criswell <Jerry_Criswell1958@yahoo.com>
Groups: linux.redhat.install
User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25

<snip>
 
Once again I said the hell with it, switched back to Windows and
deleted the FC 4 partition and reinstalled FC 4.

Now it seems that you have Fedora Core 1 re-installed. Please in the
future let us know about which version you have currently installed.

The commands need to be adjust for FC1 as compared to FC4, but they are
basically the same;

mv /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config.hold
redhat-config-display

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