Re: I screwed up

["Ray Holtz" <rayholtz@hotmail.com>]

Many Many Many thanks! all is well again on my laptop.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Bruno" <thomas@vwords.com>


> when at the grub screen
> press e   to edit the kernel setting
> add a line  single   to the end of the kernel line.
> press b   to boot
>
> this will put you in single mode, and you can edit your x config.
>
> On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 13:56, Ray Holtz wrote:
> > I wanted to increase my resolution on my Dell Laptop.  So I changed the
> > monitor type in Fedora Core 1 from Dell Laptop 1024x768  to Dell Laptop
> > 1280x1024.   Whne I rebooted,  I have NO graphics whatsoever.   I can
boot
> > fine,  and I can hear it beep when it gets to the logon screen, but i
can't
> > see anything graphical.  I can see GRUB,  I can see the kernel loading,
but
> > after it says "Press I for interactive setup"  the screen goes black,
(but
> > the hardware keeps the backlighting on)
> >
> > I know I have to fix the XF86Config file,  but I cannot see anyting to
get
> > there.   Is there a command I can append to one of my boot loader lines
in
> > GRUB to get linux to ONLY use a text session?  can I override the
default of
> > booting into X?
> >
> > I have tried to logon to Linux (blindly)  and then after the hard drive
> > stops spinning,  I use <CRTL> <ALT> <F1> ...<F6>  but none of the
virtual
> > terminals come up.
> >
> > Help!  I'm stuck using only Windows until this is fixed!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ray

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