On Fri September 16 2011, John Aldrich wrote:
> I somehow managed to screw up my video config by changing the default
> monitor and now X won't start. I told it I had a Dell E1701 flat
> panel. Turns out I actually have a Dell E1703FP. Well, I checked and
> the scan ranges are identical, so it shouldn't matter.
> I've tried deleting the /etc/X11/xorg.conf and re-running
> system-config-display, but it always craps out.
> This is on an integrated nVidia chipset graphics card. I'm afraid I
> don't know the exact, but I'm not using special binary drivers or
> anything, just standard Vesa drivers.
>
One of my fellow geeks on the local LUG's list suggested removing
/etc/X11/xorg.conf and /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/* and rebooting. I did that
(actually just renamed the files so they wouldn't be "read" by the system)
and it's back to "normal" now. :D
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