Re: etch - X doesn't start, video mode not supported
On Sunday 13 May 2007 03:39, Kent West wrote:
> If the problem is related to your xorg.conf settings as implied above, then
> the problem is that X is overdriving your monitor, meaning that X did
> indeed start.
Aha!
> If X did not start, then you would've been in text mode, in which case it's
> unlikely you'd see this problem (unless you're doing some odd framebuffer
> stuff).
> At any rate, I suspect you'll be able to recover in "recovery mode". You'll
> probably want to run "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" (I _think_ that's the
> command) rather than editing the file by hand though, else future upgrades
> won't touch your hand-tweaked file.
Appreciate the input.
Thanks for the help.
Tim
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Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com>
Palmer, Alaska, USA
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