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&gt; From: ale-bounces at ale.org [<a  rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ale-bounces";>mailto:ale-bounces</a> at ale.org]On Behalf Of
&gt; Jonathan Glass (IBB)
&gt; Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 9:04 PM
&gt; To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
&gt; Subject: Re: [ale] replace monitor
&gt;
&gt;
&gt; On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 20:55, Geoffrey wrote:
&gt; &gt; bo bo wrote:
&gt; &gt; &gt; How do I replace my monitor?
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; This evening my Mitsubishi 17FS monitor expired. The
&gt; &gt; &gt; only temp monitor I have is a Packard Bell Model
&gt; &gt; &gt; PB2160
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; On boot, everything runs OK, I see the normal script
&gt; &gt; &gt; as Fedora loads, and just when normally the gui loads,
&gt; &gt; &gt; the screen blacks out, while the machine runs fine. As
&gt; &gt; &gt; I imagine the logon and password prompt (but cannot
&gt; &gt; &gt; see at this point) I can type in name / pwd, and hear
&gt; &gt; &gt; the machine activity, as it normally would.
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; I assume you are referring to the X gui?  The problem is X is likely
&gt; &gt; trying to drive the PB monitor at rates it can't handle.
&gt; You'll need to
&gt; &gt; reconfigure X to properly handle the new monitor.
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; Does Fedora have a separate X configuration tool?  I don't use it hear,
&gt; &gt; so I'm not sure what the tool is you would do this with.
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; The other possibility is to edit the config file by hand.  It's
&gt; not that
&gt; &gt; difficult.  Locate the monitor entry an change the frequency
&gt; settings to
&gt; &gt; match the pb monitor.  Also make sure the resolutions listed
&gt; are supported.
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; To get quick access to the computer you can boot it with a rescue disk
&gt; &gt; and the modify /etc/inittab so that it doesn't start X.  There
&gt; should be
&gt; &gt; a line that looks like this in there:
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; id:5:initdefault:
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; Change the 5 above to a 3 and then reboot.
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; I hope that helps, maybe some other Fedora users will chime in.
&gt;
&gt; Why not boot into single-user mode, or runlevel 3, and run the
&gt; redhat-x&lt;something_or_other&gt;-config tool?
&gt;
&gt; At the boot mgr screen, if it is grub, highlight your kernel, then hit
&gt; 'e' on the keyboard to edit the kernel.  Highlight the kernel line in
&gt; the next sub-screen, and hit 'e' again.  Go to the end of the line
&gt; (usually after root=LABEL=/) and add a space and the number 1
&gt; (single-user) or 3 (no X), and hit return to end the edit.  Now type 'b'
&gt; to boot.
&gt;
&gt; If lilo boot mgr, and it has a gui, click Control-X to get to a command
&gt; line.  Now hit tab twice to see your kernel options.  Type the name of
&gt; the kernel (2.6.3) as it appears in the list, but add the space and the
&gt; 1|3 after it, and hit enter.
&gt;
&gt; Now you should have a standard login screen (3) or a root shell (1).
&gt; Run the redhat-xfree86-config tool to reconfigure X for your replacement
&gt; monitor.
&gt;
&gt; HTH
&gt;
&gt; Jonathan G.
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