2009/9/2 sergio sevillano <sergiosevillano.m...@gmail.com>: > Rogério Brito escribió: > > Can i get to the console from yaboot? > > > After the blank screen you should be able to switch to console with > Ctrl+Alt+F1. > > > Yes, this would usually work. I'm too lazy to check the documentation on > how to use magic SysRq on an Apple keyboard, though. > > > > http://www.answers.com/topic/ctrl-alt-del > > i have tried all combinations of keys you guys have told me, > with ctrl-alt-del seems to change in brightnes a lot. > > so my feeling still is that all works fine, but i just can not see it. > so i would have to type blind all commands to change settings, > wich looks quite hard to achieve. > > i think i need to restart form the begining, if theres no better idea > > if i have a clean debian again with no desktop at all as i had, > then i can configure it from the console before installing any desktop. > > what do you think?
Before beginning from scratch, you could type something like Linux single which would take you to a single user (no graphics) session. Then you could try to copy a working /etc/X11/xorg.conf from a pendrive ordownloading it using # wget http://theapt.org/openbsd/xorg.conf for instance then # X then if all goes OK Ctrl+Opt+Backspace > > thanks for the help so far to all, > sergio > > > > cheers, -- Gunther Furtado Curitiba - Paraná - Brasil gunfurt...@gmail.com "...agora, só nos sobrou o futuro...", visto em www.manuchao.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
