On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 13:27:03 -0400, I beartooth wrote: [....] > I've just tried a trick I thought might work and even be safer -- and got > my comeuppance, I guess. > > I copied the whole XF86Config from FC1 onto a floppy; moved FC3's > xorg.config to xorg.config.orig (to distinguish it from the backup already > there -- which I haven't looked at); and copied the file from the floppy > onto a new xorg.conf. [....] > When I told it OK to disable, it put me at a text login. I suppose I > should login as root -- and then what? [....] The shower is always a good place to think. <grin> I did log in as root; did cd /etc/X11; moved xorg.conf to something else; copied my xorg.conf.orig to a new xorg.conf; and did "shutdown -r now." That restored the status quo ante. (Hey, I may learn some of the basics yet!) Then I went into the GUI for Display, and made sure it was set to Benq FP767. (Good thought: turned out I'd left it on generic lcd 1280x1024; dunno if that made a real difference, though ...) Logged out and back in; su'd to root, did "cd /etc/X11" and then "pico -w xorg.conf" (one of these days I've gotta buckle down and learn vi or emacs ...) Using my very best emulation of a porcupine making love, I changed the numbers to Jack Spaar's. My section "Screen" has a second subsection "Display" with depth 8 and only the two bottom "YxZ" entries; I left that alone. Told pico to save it, logged out and back in. Still no joy. Rebooted. *Still* no joy. In fact, the GUI for Display now gave me no choice of resolution at all! I had to switch it to generic lcd 1280x1024 even to be able to get back to 800x600. Would it help to delete that second display subsection? -- Beartooth Neo-Redneck, Linux Evangelist FC 12&3, YDL 4; Pine 4.62, Pan 0.14.2; Privoxy 3.0.1; Dillo-0.8.4, Opera 8.0, Firefox 1.0.3 Remember that I have little idea what I am talking about.
