On Wednesday 22 February 2006 22:34, Paul Smith wrote: > On 2/22/06, Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Beyond Fedora Core 4, I have a partition with Mandriva 2005. > > > Meanwhile, my monitor changed to a LCD one, and I did the needed > > > changes in order to use my new monitor with FC4. However, I cannot > > > login with Mandriva because of the new monitor. What is the best way > > > to tell Mandriva the new settings needed by my new monitor? I could > > > plug back the old monitor... but just wondering whether it can be done > > > without it. > > > > Run XFdrake - either from Mandriva Control Center or from the command > > line. If your monitor model isn't listed you will have no problems with > > Generic LCD. > > Well, Anne, how can I run xfdrake if I cannot do my login? > I assume that linux is actually booting up, but that you can't see the screen, so when the lilo screen opens, hit Esc and you should see a text login screen. Type 'linux 3' and that will give you a text login. From there you should be able to run XFdrake. One caveat - I may be remembering the capitalisation wrongly - if it doesn't work, try variations such as XFDrake. Anne
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