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[barclay982]

i just tried you idea and it seemed to work, the append args; but it 
ended up telling me, after i ran system-config-display --reconfig this 
message: "no video cards were found on this machine"
any idea(s)?

thanks much,

barclay

Craig White wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-10-19 at 18:31 -0400, barclay982 wrote:
>   
>> i have not even got the the point of executing xwindows, i only get out 
>> of the bios, into lilo or the like, how do i get to the xwindows 
>> settings from lilo?
>>
>> barclay
>>
>> Test wrote:
>>     
>>> i meant checking the settings of your X-windows...
>>>
>>> Your X-windows settings are probably set incorrect. (too high a
>>> resolution for your monitor...)
>>>
>>> Don't have the details at hand, do some googling for X-windows and
>>> resolution settings..
>>>       
> ----
> boot screen where it counts down before it boots is not lilo but rather
> grub.
>
> If you press the letter 'a' in grub, it allows you to 'append' arguments
> to kernel for booting.
>
> If you add the number one (1) to the boot line, press 'Enter' and press
> 'b', you will then boot with the option 1 which means boot to runlevel 1
>
> at that point, try executing the command...
>
> system-config-display --reconfig
>
> and see if you can configure the display settings appropriately. Once
> you changed your settings, click OK to save the changes and exit. You
> can test by running the command 'startx'
>
> If all works well, type 'init 5' to get to normal runlevel or just
> reboot by typing 'shutdown now -r'
>
> Craig
>
>