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

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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. I'm not sure how you'd do
> that in a liveCD, but hope that helps a bit.
	[....]

	I'm already forgetting details, especially as to sequence, but 
the machine is again running largely as it should.

	I think I misunderstood the directions above at least once; and I 
couldn't begin to slog all the way through man Xorg, even with Konqueror 
helping.

	I *think* I tried some of that, without mounting things, using 
the live medium -- and didn't seem to succeed. Then I rebooted, took out 
the DVD, and got the usual hang before boot completed. 

	From there, as usual, I was able to ssh into the machine, and 
tried the directions above again.

	I recall a generated xorg.conf in /root/<whatever>, moving the 
generated xorg.conf I had stoked up in /etc/X11 under ssh to a backup 
(which I had to become root to do), and then moving the one under /root 
into its place. 

	At that point, iirc, I rebooted -- and got a usable display. 
HOORAY!!

	The present GUI does have a couple of oddities. First, the app 
that looks much like system-config-display (which I don't have and can't 
seem to get with yum any more) is now labeled Livna. (Good old Livna! I 
thought it had been absorbed.)

	Second, it has a feature that system-config-display never did : 
it can offer resolutions higher than the one on display.

	I tried running that clear up to 1680x1050, the monitor's actual 
size -- and, oddly, got a display cramped into no more than half the 
screen. (I did not try leaving that, then logging out and back in; didn't 
think of it; maybe I should.)

	Anyway, I believe I'll now be able to copy the masses of data on 
the veteran (archives of my own email and of a couple of lists that I run 
or help run) onto an external USB hard drive, and thereafter onto a 
second external one -- where, I trust, my newer machines will be able to 
get to everything even if I bollix the veteran again -- or if our 
otherwise excellent developers embrace something that it can't begin to 
handle ...

	Many heartfelt thanks to Ted and to Richard!

-- 
Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User
I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is.


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