Re: Rescuing a veteran : F14, PowerEdge SC1420, HP w2207h : SUCCESS

2011-01-11 Thread Beartooth
On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:34:39 -0500, Ted Roche wrote: [] > If you execute Xorg :0 -configure as root, it will write out an > xorg.conf. > > man Xorg for more details. > > You would need to stop X before you issue that command, either booting > into a non-X runlevel or switching to one.

Re: Rescuing a veteran : F14, PowerEdge SC1420, HP w2207h

2011-01-03 Thread James Mckenzie
Ted Roche wrote: > >On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Beartooth wrote: >>        If I can find an old one, I'll try copying it in; but I doubt >> that'll work ... >> > >If you execute Xorg :0 -configure as root, it will write out an xorg.conf. > >man Xorg for more details. > >You would need to stop

Re: Rescuing a veteran : F14, PowerEdge SC1420, HP w2207h

2011-01-03 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Beartooth wrote: >        If I can find an old one, I'll try copying it in; but I doubt > that'll work ... > If you execute Xorg :0 -configure as root, it will write out an xorg.conf. man Xorg for more details. You would need to stop X before you issue that comma

Re: Rescuing a veteran : F14, PowerEdge SC1420, HP w2207h

2011-01-03 Thread Beartooth
On Sat, 01 Jan 2011 15:48:36 -0600, Richard Shaw wrote: [] > Well not by default anyway... I figured if the LiveCD worked then you > must have one present since they have basically the same software and > versions (other than updates). No such luck. If I can find an ol

Re: Rescuing a veteran : F14, PowerEdge SC1420, HP w2207h

2011-01-01 Thread Richard Shaw
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Beartooth wrote: > On Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:04:24 -0600, Richard Shaw wrote: > >> On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 12:51 PM, I Beartooth >> wrote: >        [] >>>        Today I put the F14 live CD into it, and rebooted without >>>        even >>> taking it out from behind

Re: Rescuing a veteran : F14, PowerEdge SC1420, HP w2207h

2011-01-01 Thread Beartooth
On Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:04:24 -0600, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 12:51 PM, I Beartooth > wrote: [] >>        Today I put the F14 live CD into it, and rebooted without >>        even >> taking it out from behind the KVM switch. It found the proper numbers >> for the mon

Re: Rescuing a veteran : F14, PowerEdge SC1420, HP w2207h

2011-01-01 Thread Richard Shaw
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Beartooth wrote: > >        As reported here, I've been having lots of grief with an old Dell > machine, running Fedora 14, which can't figure out the size of my > monitor. It has been unable to show any graphic display (or even finish > booting) for months now. (I

Rescuing a veteran : F14, PowerEdge SC1420, HP w2207h

2011-01-01 Thread Beartooth
As reported here, I've been having lots of grief with an old Dell machine, running Fedora 14, which can't figure out the size of my monitor. It has been unable to show any graphic display (or even finish booting) for months now. (I have been able to ssh into it.) Today I put th