On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 13:39 -0600, Joseph Thames wrote: > Hi, > > I have noticed that sometimes my hand slips in typing an a key > combination causes the system to immediately reboot. Yesterday, > however, I inadvertently pressed a notebook binder on the keys, and it > rebooted, like before, but this time when it booted back up, all that > would display on the monitor was two lines of weird characters on the > top of the screen. I first thought that I had blown the monitor. but > this was not the case. I was able to use the rescue disk to tar up my > recent work and ftp it to my web-hosting site. > > I tried using my installation DVD to update my installation. But this > didn't cure the problem. I suspect that I somehow corrupted some X11 > code, and this is what is causing the display failure. > > Does anyone know what might be causing this display behavior, and how > I might cure it? I don't want to have to do a full re-installation if > I can help it. You might check your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. If it looks screwed up, hopefully you'll have something like a xorg.conf~ file to copy back over it. Or, rename xorg.conf to something like org.xorg.conf to force a re-setup. Otherwise, you have something really busted. :) First, I'd try yum update xorg* and hopefully there will be enough updates to magically fix the problem. You may wish to try rpm -qa |grep xorg* to see what you have installed and reinstall those you think may be damaged from the install DVD. You may have to rpm --force them. :( Strange problem! I wish I knew more in order to help you better. 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 ================================================
