On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 22:48:32 -0600 Joe Dennehy <revolt@shaw.ca> wrote: > I want to try different settings for X, which presently gives me a > garbled screen when I start up RH8.0. Funny thing is I choose the same > values used by the installer which seemed to work great, tested > fine... Then I tried choosing my exact hardware from the list rather > than the values used during install (specifically ati radeon 7200, AOC > 9Glr monitor) Same result:garbled screen with a mouse that looks fine. > > Ctrl-alt-backspace doesn't seem to kill X. Is there any way for me to > change my settings without doing the entire install again (a third > time)? Or even If i could log in using text mode that would be a > start. > > I tried using the update option in the install cd but it didn't let me > change settings. Rescue mode didn't seem to give me the expected tools > (emacs) If i could even kill X I could at least try to manually edit > the XF86Config-4. > > Can anyone give me some guidance here? Sorry, not much help here, never had an ATI, but doesn't Ctrl-Alt-F2 through F6 get you to a console when X is running? Then Ctrl-Alt-F7 should take you back to X. At least using that you can poke around in your config files if something there is the problem... -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
