hello all,

ok i misconfigured my xorgconfig file. not sure WHY though, since i did select the nvidia geforce driver (number 349) on a fresh slack 10.1 install, and all other settings came from my hardware manual. oh well.

my problem now is not fixing this (at least not yet), the problem i have must be the noobiest question ever asked.

on reboot, i get the Xserver starting and a message in a gui-ish dos-shis window:

"i will disable this x-server for now" (looks like a schwarzenegger movie sentence... "i'll be back")

when i check the log, i see the

"(EE) No devices detected"
"Fatal server error: no screens found"


SO: i click OK, the server gets disabled... and me?! well i get back to where the log was

starting up the X-server

and i have a blank cursor flashing on a black screen under the booting log, with no bash prompt. i can type anything on the screen but get no answers. how can i login as root then? no commands seem to be recognized. i can type. nice indeed.

any ideas on HOW can i get my hands on a prompt so to login as root and reconfigure my server?

Have you tried switching virtual consoles? I think runlevel 4 leaves one open at tty6 (to switch to it hit ALT+F6 or CTRL+ALT+F6 if you want to make sure that X doesn't get in your way).

i have only tried Alt ( +Ctrl also) +F1 to F4:

F1 is locked showing the boot log
F2 shows the "i will disable the terminator server"
F3 black screen with cursor on top, can't type anything
F4 same as F3

you are sure i can try to get in at F6? that would be good news. before i reboot: what when i'm there? will i have a login prompt?

thank you

hello, i finally managed to reset my X server by typing in console X -config and then using the freshly generated xorg.config.new file under &root to replace the existing one under /etc/X11/.

now: i ve read that i should run xorgconfig to setup my card, but this destroys my xorgconfig file. and i don-t know why. should i FIRST download and install NVIDIA drives prior setting up xorg?

any help welcomed... thank you, really this is appreciated

As this is a frash installation, I suppose the nvidia module is installed.
So your problem is probably your screen frequency configuration.
Generally, the #8 option, smething like "Monitor that can do 1280x1024 @ 60 Hz" sould do it.
Enter you horizontal frenquency (40-100 should do).
Try and install NVidia drivers from their site.
To boot at console, boot using your install CD following the instructions, and change yout /etc/inittab. At the top of the file, comments say how to boot in multiuser mode. The line should look like : Good luck!

thnk you... this is a start, seems a long way to go...