URGENT HELP! I messed up the monitor configs, and now I can't start x!

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Sun May 1 21:42:10 UTC 2005


On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 03:36:53PM -0500, Gustavo Seabra wrote:
> I was experimenting with the monitor configurations, and now when I
> boot I can't start in graphical mode! I am taken back to a text-only
> login, and if I login and try 'startx' I get the error below. One of
> the things I tried was to try to allow for a normal crt monitor along
> with the laptop screen. Is that the problem? How do I get back to
> normal???

As root (or with sudo): 

system-config-display --reconfig

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