Monitor problemas (won´t start X)

fdopoblete · 08-19-2006, 10:41 PM

I changed my monitor in the admin/config tools. It seems I chose a wrong one, 'cause whe I start my FC5 I can't see anything after the command line intro.
What should I do? I think X window isn´t working properly beacause of my refresh rate. Is there any "fail-safe"?

Plz help,

I know... lame newbie I am.

w3bd3vil · 08-19-2006, 10:53 PM

ok do this.
if you are returned to the command line when x doesnt load, just type in the command
system-config-display
OR
reboot your comp
when the grub screen comes ( where you select which OS to boot)
hit "a" two times, hit the "space bar" once and then type in "3" and then press enter.
what this will do is take you to runlevel 3.
there login as root and type in the command
system-config-display

fdopoblete · 08-19-2006, 11:07 PM

When I try the: system-config-display command I think it loads normally, but the screen fades to black (the utility runs some X windows component I thikn) so I can´t see nothing (and, of course, I can´t change the config).

fdopoblete · 08-19-2006, 11:10 PM

I pressed ESC and I got the message: "Unable to open X display :17.0"

_UnPrEdictAbLe_ · 08-19-2006, 11:19 PM

ok... one more way... go to command line interface and type...
system-config-display --reconfig

It'll reprobe your hardware and maybe it'll work then. Once you're done configuring it, just restart X and hopefully it'll show you a login screen.

Regards,
unpredictable.

w3bd3vil · 08-19-2006, 11:21 PM

yup, --reconfig should do it, if that doest
try this
X -configure
X -xf86config /root/xorg.conf.new
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /root/xorg.conf.old
cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf

fdopoblete · 08-19-2006, 11:22 PM

Thanks!!

It worked perfectly!!!!!!