I try to avoid booting into a graphical login...I have seen it cause too many problems, one of which is what you're describing. When you change monitors, it is easiest to log into a terminal (init 3) and vi the /etc/X11/XF86Config (or /etc/X11/XF86Config-4) file(s) to reflect the new monitor's horz/vert frequency ranges. Save the chagnes and then startx. MDK has never configured my monitor(s) correctly, and I have always had to do this before running X. If I don't make this change, X tries to start, the screen goes black, and will sit there until I hit CTRL-ALT-BackSpace. Or if it hangs completely, I have to reboot. --Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Mings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I recently made the mistake of trying to change monitors on a linux > box I have. Since then I have had nothing but grief. The original > install process of Mandrake does a fairly good job of setting up X, > but trying to upgrade something later still seems a lot of voodoo. I > tried using XF86Setup and Xconfigurator and eventually gave up and > put back the old monitor. Problem is now I can't boot into init 5. It > always gives the error: > server/usr/X11R6/bin/X cannot be executed > > It then goes into init 3, and I can successfully get into kde by > entering a startx command. I would hope that making upgrading > Monitors as easy as the other hardware that is autodetected now might > one day (7.2?) happen. Obviously I screwed up something during my > efforts to upgrade. Advice appreciated. > -- > Regards, > > Eric Mings Ph.D. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. > ______________________________________________________________________________ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs � gagner sur i(france) ! Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif
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