Linux 8 Screen Res Stuff Up
Hello All,
I am new to Linux, I have installed Linux 8 (psyche) on my laptop with a dual boot to Windows XP. The installation when perfectly and I am able to boot into both OS's. After I installed linux I changed the screen resolution from within Gnome and did a reboot. Now whenever the system boots I get a blue screen with two buttons in the middle of the screen - the text on the buttons is un readable and I have tried to click (they are text based) on both with the same resolt, the system drops me back into the Black shell screen and askes me to log on. I can log on as root with no problem - but is there a way I can change the screen res from the schell?? Chreers Paul |
In red hat 8.0 got to the /etc/X11 directory and run XF86Config. You'll have to go through the whole video mouse and monitor setup but that should let u play with your settings till u find the right combination of video drivers and monitor to be able to load your GUI.
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sorry about that, when u are at the prompt just type xf86config and that should get u to the xfree86 config program. Make sure you type it all lowercase.
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Thanks for the responce :)
... but once I log in as root in the sheel i get this prompt: [root@localhost roo]# when I enter /etc/x11 I get: -bash: /etc/x11: No Such file or directory I am familiar with dos commands - but not Linux - I'm sure this is simple but I'm just a dummy on Linux :) |
Thanks phoenix,
I was able to re-configure the video - as yet I have not found a configuration that works :( but I'm trying. I have a Toshiba Laptop with an Nvida GeForce2 Go - there is not much support for this and the generic Nvidia driver does not seem to work. Thanks again |
The Generic Vesa driver worked!
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Try getting the official nVidia drivers from nvidia.com
cd /etc/x11 won't work because UNIX is case sensitive, you meant cd /etc/X11 use tab completion to help get around this |
Thanks mhearn for the tip - I tried the Nvidia drivers - but they did not work as i have a Nvidia GO on the laptop - Nvidia don't even have these drivrers for Windows on their website - I have to go to the Toshiba web site.
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