On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 15:54 -0800, Alan wrote: > > Dean S. Messing writes: > I have had problems in the past and never bricked a kernel or an > xorg.conf. Even if the module does not load correctly, most distros leave > more than one kernel available to boot from. If the xorg.conf file gets > corrupted, you can rebuild it for generic settings (or have a backup) > quite easily. Most distros will give you the option of rebuilding > xorg.conf from current values if they don't load. (I have used this when > my laptop forgets what my synaptics touchpad is and refuses to launch X > because of it.) > > Scare stories are less scary when you actually know how to recover from > disaster instead of just saying "your boned". ---- yeah but just saying 'your boned' makes me crack up. It's a great addition to the lexicon ;-) Craig
