On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 13:54:02 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 11:08:41AM -0700, Micah & Sarah Stubblefield wrote: > > I installed fedora core on my laptop last semester at the install-fest > > and it was working fine. Then I tried connecting a second monitor and > > I added the new monitor in the configuration. Now when I boot Linux > > it looks like it's booting then the screen goes blank and nothing > > happens. Any ideas how to fix this? > > my guess is that your xorg.conf or XFree86.conf is confused (whichever you > have... i'm not sure which fedora has...) The file would be in > /etc/X11/xorg.conf (or /etc/X11/XFree86.conf). You'll need to look in > there and make sure that the configuration is all set up for your > laptop's screen... When the settings are a little wrong, they do weird > things. If they're really wrong, they refuse to start X... I'm afraid > that's all the help i can give without more information...
And you'll probably have to boot into single user mode in order to be able to get to those files (or ssh into the machine like someone else suggested). To boot into single user you can use these instructions that I just found with google: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/custom-guide/s1-rescuemode-booting-single.html It'll boot without starting X and give a root shell. Bryan -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/
