On Thursday 26 Jun 2003 12:15 am, Joerg Mertin wrote: > Hi Anne, > > first thing to do - is to not boot into X... > So - The Failsafe Option is a first part. > Just - at the Lilo prompt - give: init 3 > in - it should start the system without X. > > The Problem - is that you most probably need to start with an empty > XF86Config-4 file - as the XFDrake programm takes the old one as > template (It assumes - what you have in there works already ...) > > So - move that file to your Home-Directory, make sure there is no > mode XF86Config-4 in /etc/X11, and start XFDrake again. It should > do the trick. > Hi, Joerg,
It eventually dawned on me that I didn't even want to use the failsafe from the lilo splash. I hit esc, typed linux 3 and got a text login. Logged in as root and ran XFdrake. It started from the position of the old monitor, but since it was a text only version of XFdrake that didn't matter. I navigated around until I found a suitable entry, and voila! However, in case I forget what to do, I've printed out your instructions and will file them - my memory takes a lot of jogging these days <g> Thanks for the help Anne
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