Can't log into GUI.... display config problem
Hi I guess I'm posting in the right section as a newbie.
I'm running Mepis Linux (3.4.3) and I have a Dell 1704FPT Flat Panel Monitor. I went and try to set my monitor setting in Mepis to the right monitor and messed up. Here's what I did: - change the monitor from "unknown" to Dell - change brand from "unknown" to 1704FPT - click Apply - log out of session - restart - log back in - display is not quite right as the right side of my monitor turns black. - went and change the frequencies - log out - restart - log back in - I'm given a command prmpt asking for my login name What do I do now to reset my display config back to the original settings? And once that is done, how do I set it to display higher resolution than 1024x800? Thanks in advance. |
try xorgconfig or Xfree86config. Might try looking under /etc/X11 also. The config for one of those two should be under there.
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Sorry, That is the only way I know of. Try this for future use though. When I go to edit anything I always copy the file and if if a extension of bkup so if I destroy the new file and can just copy back the old config file.
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maybe whatever you changed it in backed it up
post the output of Code:
ls -l /etc/X11/ of course if you had edited it with almost any text editor there'd be a backup :) |
Using the Mepis Live CD, I was able to log on. ANd from there I could open the config file. here's what's in it:
Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "XFree86 Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 #Screen 0 "ATIScreen" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer" #InputDevice "USB Mouse" "CorePointer" #InputDevice "Touchpad" "CorePointer" #InputDevice "Stylus" "CorePointer" #InputDevice "Eraser" "CorePointer" #InputDevice "Cursor" "CorePointer" #InputDevice "Serial Mouse" "CorePointer" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true" EndSection Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" # True type and type1 fonts FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-xfree86-nonfree" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/java" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/arphic" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/CID" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/TrueType" FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID" FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/afms" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/bitmap" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/type1" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma" EndSection Section "Module" Load "GLcore" Load "bitmap" Load "dbe" Load "ddc" Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "int10" Load "record" Load "speedo" Load "type1" Load "vbe" Load "synaptics" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "XKbOptions" "" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Serial Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "Microsoft" Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false" Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Touchpad" Driver "synaptics" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "LeftEdge" "1700" Option "RightEdge" "5300" Option "TopEdge" "1700" Option "BottomEdge" "4200" Option "FingerLow" "25" Option "FingerHigh" "30" Option "MaxTapTime" "180" Option "MaxTapMove" "220" Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" Option "MinSpeed" "0.06" Option "MaxSpeed" "0.12" Option "AccelFactor" "0.0010" Option "SHMConfig" "on" Option "Repeater" "/dev/input/mice" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "PS/2 Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false" Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Buttons" "5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "USB Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Buttons" "5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Stylus" Driver "wacom" Option "Mode" "Absolute" Option "Type" "stylus" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" Endsection # Settings for wacom eraser Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Eraser" Driver "wacom" Option "Mode" "Absolute" Option "Type" "eraser" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" Endsection # Settings for wacom cursor (mouse) Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Cursor" Driver "wacom" Option "Mode" "Absolute" Option "Type" "cursor" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" Endsection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Dell" ModelName "1704FPT (Digital)" #Option "DPMS" "true" HorizSync 70.0-70.0 VertRefresh 65.0-65.0 Modeline "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525 #60Hz Modeline "800x600" 40.12 800 848 968 1056 600 601 605 628 #60Hz Modeline "1024x768" 75 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync Modeline "1024x768" 85 1024 1056 1152 1360 768 784 787 823 ModeLine "1152x864" 65 1152 1168 1384 1480 864 865 875 985 Interlace Modeline "1152x864" 92 1152 1208 1368 1474 864 865 875 895 Modeline "1152x864" 110 1152 1240 1324 1552 864 864 876 908 Modeline "1152x864" 135 1152 1464 1592 1776 864 864 876 908 Modeline "1152x864" 137.65 1152 1184 1312 1536 864 866 885 902 -HSync -VSync Modeline "1280x768" 80.14 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 795 ModeLine "1280x800" 80.58 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 827 -HSync -VSync Modeline "1280x1024" 80 1280 1296 1512 1568 1024 1025 1037 1165 Interlace Modeline "1280x1024" 110 1280 1328 1512 1712 1024 1025 1028 1054 Modeline "1280x1024" 126.5 1280 1312 1472 1696 1024 1032 1040 1068 -HSync -VSync Modeline "1280x1024" 135 1280 1312 1456 1712 1024 1027 1030 1064 Modeline "1280x1024" 135 1280 1312 1416 1664 1024 1027 1030 1064 Modeline "1280x1024" 157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072 +HSync +VSync Modeline "1280x1024" 181.75 1280 1312 1440 1696 1024 1031 1046 1072 -HSync -VSync Modeline "1440x900" 106.47 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 +HSync +VSync Modeline "1400x1050" 129 1400 1464 1656 1960 1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync Modeline "1600x1200" 162 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync Modeline "1600x1200" 189 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 -HSync -VSync Modeline "1600x1200" 202.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync Modeline "1600x1200" 220 1600 1616 1808 2080 1200 1204 1207 1244 +HSync +VSync Modeline "1680x1050" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 ModeLine "1800x1440" 230 1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490 +HSync +VSync ModeLine "1800x1440" 250 1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490 +HSync +VSync Modeline "1920x1200" 230 1920 1936 2096 2528 1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync +VSync EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "ATIMonitor" VendorName "Dell" ModelName "1704FPT (Digital)" #Option "DPMS" "true" HorizSync 70.0-70.0 VertRefresh 65.0-65.0 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "nv" BoardName "unknown" #BusID "PCI:1:0:0" #Option "sw_cursor" # needed for some ati cards #Option "hw_cursor" #Option "NoAccel" #Option "ShowCache" #Option "ShadowFB" #Option "UseFBDev" #Option "Rotate" #Option "NoUseBios" # needed for some Savage cards Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no" # nvidia special options, use with care Option "CursorShadow" "1" Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "63" Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "2" Option "CursorShadowXOffset" "4" Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = native" Option "NoLogo" "false" Option "IgnoreEdid" "true" # needs to be true for some nvidia cards EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultColorDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection # Only the official NVIDIA driver supports twinview # these setting are an example Option "TwinView" "false" Option "SecondMonitorVendorName" "unknown" Option "SecondMonitorModelName" "unknown" Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-82" Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50-70" Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 1024x768" Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf" Option "ConnectedMonitor" "dfp,dfp" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "ATIScreen" Device "Card0" Monitor "ATIMonitor" DefaultColorDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection Where do I go in that file to change my display/monitor settings? |
never mind I can't edit it from there. Anyway I think I'll just re-install the whole thing and call it a day...
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