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[Howard Coles Jr.]

On Wednesday 16 January 2008 10:41:21 pm Fred Schuelzky wrote:
> Howard Coles Jr. wrote:
> > On Wednesday 16 January 2008 06:49:46 pm Fred Schuelzky wrote:
> >> I just installed Gutsy on my new new computer, everything was fine until
> >> I booted up today, the desktop  graphics are unreadable.  I'm a noobie
> >> and don't know what to do .
> >
> > try going to tty2, which is a shell, and see what it looks like.
> > Hit [ctrl]+[Alt]+[F2] to do that.
> >
> > If the login prompt looks Ok its probably just a config issue with
> > xorg.conf
> >
> > If you still can't see anything, its probably a driver issue.
> >
> > What kind of video card do you run?
>
>      Hi Howard
> It has been one of those days, 1st Kubuntu screen trashed,  then my hi
> speed modem needs to be rebooted 4 times to finally come up, then I
> wanted to print your instructions and my lazer jet is feeding 3 or 4
> sheets at a time.
> Howard I have a nvidia Ge Force 6100 n Force 405.  I did got to terminal
> and everything looked fine so it must be in my xorg.conf file.  I've
> been a little hesitant about working from a command line,  but nothing
> ventured nothing gained.
> I can do the change from terminal right?   BTW what is the command to
> quit terminal??

exit
or
logout

either will work.

Ok, so the xorg.conf file is a little messed up.  There are two ways to fix 
it:
1. run the reconfigure switch on xorg

2. Edit the xorg.conf file and put the resolution back like it was.
(of course you COULD, boot up to a live CD and copy the xorg.conf from that to 
your real location as well).

The problem with 1 is at the moment I can't for the life of me remember the 
syntax.  I've been fighting TSM's Admin Center on Red Hat Enterprise 5.1.

There may be a backup copy of xorg.conf from the last time it was edited.  
look for files that start "xorg.conf" and then have something like .<date 
here> or .bak  Look for the one with the most recent date and copy it to the 
real xorg.conf file as follows:
sudo cp xorg.conf.<whatever> xorg.conf
if it prompts you to overwrite hit y.

Let us know what you find in that directory.  

ls -l will give you a long list with the dates to the side.
ls -lh will give you long list with human readable sizes (10 MB, 1 GB, etc.)

-- 
See Ya'
Howard Coles Jr.
John 3:16!