On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 16:57 -0700, Craig White wrote: > 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, properly it would be written "you're boned". Which makes me crack up as well! <cackles> Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================