On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 16:13:57 -0800, Endymion wrote: > Try booting into run level 3 (at the bootloader press any key, then select > the kernel and then edit the boot commands, remove rhgb and put the number > 3). Log in as root and then run "Xorg -configure". That should generate > a fresh xorg.conf file based on your hardware and will probe the monitor > for the right settings. Just move the new xorg.conf file to > /etc/X11/xorg.conf (be sure to back up the old one just in case). > Hopefully this will fix everything for ya. Hmmmm.... I *think* I can do most of that; at any rate I can do "init 3" as root from within the GUI, if that will serve. Does editing the boot commands involve anything *but* putting 3 for rhgb? And where do I put it? I happen to detest rhgb, since I watch boot messages, and always go into a new install pronto and delete it -- so I'm not sure where it belongs, except at the end of a line partway down. To see what would happen, I tried with another p2. I did su to root, "init 3", and Xorg -configure. The results are a little odd. There's a mouse cursor on the screen, which moves around with the mouse; but there's also a message saying "Xorg is not able to detect your mouse. [That machine is behind a KVM switch -- I forgot.] Edit the file and correct the Device. "Your xorg.conf file is /root/xorg.conf.new "To test the server, run 'X -config /root/xorg.conf.new'" Do I want to do that there, before I get to the machine with its own peripherals, or just get outta there fast? And is it the X server it's talking about? -- Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert FC4; Pine 4.64, Pan 0.14.2.91; Privoxy 3.0.3; Dillo 0.8.5, Opera 8.51, Firefox 1.0.7, Epiphany 1.6.5 Remember I have little idea what I am talking about.
