On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:13:48 +1000, David Timms wrote: > Beartooth wrote: >> Suddenly, on a machine which has been running F7 since F7 came out, I >> can no longer log in. [...] >> What have I fouled up so royally this time, and what (if possible, >> short of reinstalling F7) can I do about it? (I know perfectly well how >> helpless I am without a GUI; it doesn't have to rub my nose in it.) > Shrug. > mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf to backup. > setup > x window setup > perhaps that will get you a fresh as detected config. Well, I tried all that, several different ways, over ssh; and never reached a stage where I could log directly into the machine itself. So I finally took a deep breath, and hit it with the big hammer. Fresh install, this time with the DVD in an external drive -- but with K, V, & M connected directly, not through the KVM switch. (I've still had to re- change the display a couple of times. It seems to want to believe it has either an 800x600 or a 1900x1200 screen -- or a CRT instead of an LCD.) I'll get most of my configuration back, by scp-ing it in from another machine, as I've described here -- but first I have to make sure all the right apps are installed, including some such as Pine and Opera which yum doesn't handle. (Nor does even pirut.) > What has changed since it last worked ? different screen ? > screen plugged in a different video output ? fedora updates ? I wish I knew. -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.
