[Sderby] still having problems
Russ
sderby at mailman.lug.org.uk
Wed Jan 22 23:52:01 2003
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i tried this,
Oh dear, looks like your box may not have been running the open source
NVIDIA driver.
There is probably a Mandrake specific X server configuration program
that you can invoke from the command line (DOS prompt. A standard
program is available it is called xf86config, but it is rather
unfriendly to say the least.=20
What we can do is have a look and see if you have a backup configuration
file.
Login as root
type in:
cd /etc/X11
type:
ls
the main configuration file is called XF86Config
look for any files called something like XF86Config.save or something
like that, maybe XF86Config.bak.
firstly let's rename the original file:
mv XF86Config XF86Config.bad
this will rename the file to XF86Config.bad.
Now lets copy the backup file, assuming it is called .bak we can use the
command:
cp XF86Config.bak XF86Config
This will restore the saved copy.
You can try and start X-windows with the command:
startx
and got this,
i found these XF86config, XF86config-4, XF86config-4.old, XF86config.old
i tried to rename the XF86config to.old and got this,
mv: cannot stat. `XF86config`, no such file. so i tried it in /xdm can =
it didnt like that also i tried to rename some of the other XFconfig =
file listed above to .old with no go.
and that were im at now.=20
Russ
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>i tried this,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Oh dear, looks like your box may not have been running the open=20
source<BR>NVIDIA driver.<BR><BR>There is probably a Mandrake specific X =
server=20
configuration program<BR>that you can invoke from the command line (DOS =
prompt.=20
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rather<BR>unfriendly to say the least. <BR><BR>What we can do is have a =
look and=20
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called XF86Config<BR>look for any files called something like =
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something<BR>like that, maybe XF86Config.bak.<BR>firstly let's rename =
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original file:<BR>mv XF86Config XF86Config.bad<BR>this will rename the =
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XF86Config.bad.<BR><BR>Now lets copy the backup file, assuming it is =
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<DIV><BR><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>and got this,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>i found these XF86config, XF86config-4, =
XF86config-4.old, XF86config.old</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>i tried to rename the XF86config to.old =
and got=20
this,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>mv: cannot stat. `XF86config`, no such =
file. so i=20
tried it in /xdm can it didnt like that also i tried to rename some of =
the other=20
XFconfig file listed above to .old with no go.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>and that were im at now. </FONT></DIV>
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