problems with system-config-display and crtl-alt-backspace

Paul Allen Newell pnewell at cs.cmu.edu
Mon Dec 28 01:28:26 UTC 2009


François Patte wrote:
> Paul Allen Newell <pnewell at cs.cmu.edu> a écrit :
>
>> To all:
>>
>> Installed f12 without any problems.
>>
>> Discovered that crtl-alt-backspace was disabled in f12 and how I 
>> could edit my xorg.conf to restore that feature.
>>
>> Searched Fedora f12 web pages and they told me to install 
>> system-config-display to create an xorg.conf that matched the default 
>> that the opSys was using. Worked great and, to use the cliché, "groovy"
>>
>> Reboot system and it immediately hangs after that cute little Fedora 
>> icon finishes to say that it booted. Just hangs and hangs. To use the 
>> cliché again, "not groovy".
>>
>> I figure I have no choice but to reinstall
>
> Why don't edit grub "boot line" to switch to level 3 and see what 
> happens using startx? Then examine the log files Xorg.0.log*
>
>
>
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François:

Thanks for the reply. Given the "here it is" replies from Eric and 
Kevin, I'm going to take the easy route and use that rather than get 
myself into more trouble with Xorg.

Paul




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