I have a BIG problem. Need help!

Inexactitude · 10-14-2003, 07:56 PM

I was installing the schneider digital drivers and I made a huge mistake in the configuration. I put the wrong monitor refresh rates in and now when it trys to load I just get a blank screen. I'm now at init 3 and I installed the driver again, but when I try to run fglrxconfig again it tells me that the command is not found. I need to re-run this so I can get a working x-config on. Any ideas what I can do?

trickykid · 10-14-2003, 08:04 PM

What is fglrxconfig, never heard of that one before. I'm not sure of the Mandrake config tool they use nowadays you can run but if X is installed, you can run xf86config as root at the command to configure X at a console.

In the future, please use better and more helpful thread titles. Your's doesn't describe your specific problem. And of course we know you need help apparently since your posting a question. Regards.

Inexactitude · 10-14-2003, 08:15 PM

fglrx is the configuration for X for Radeon cards. I can't run xf86config either. I think I need to tell it what directory the program is in, but I don't know where it is. I googled but couldn't get anything useful. Thanks to anybody who can help me out here.

Sorry about the thread title.

trickykid · 10-14-2003, 08:21 PM

Why are you googling, use the command find or locate??

find / -name fglrx*

And are you logged in as root? If not, most likely these commands are already in your path, so you wouldn't have to type something like /sbin/command-name and so on....

DMR · 10-14-2003, 08:21 PM

Use the "locate command. keeping in mind the fact that Linux is case-sensitive.

locate fglrx
locate XF86Config

You are logged in as root or becoming root with "su -" (as opposed to just "su"), right?

Inexactitude · 10-14-2003, 08:26 PM

Thanks a lot guys. I forget to Su to root. Even after running linux for a few weeks I still forget the little stuff. In time I'll get it down. Thanks for the quick responses.

DMR · 10-14-2003, 08:37 PM

It's always the little things that sneak up from behind to bite you in the....

rahulsundaram · 10-15-2003, 12:14 AM

hi

i know its more convenient to just run as root but dont do that

regards
rahul sundaram