Lost Display Settings

[Larry Hartman]

I think one of the greatest advances that can be made in X is the ability to 
auto-sense what monitors are plugged in...I won't hold my breath until it 
happens though, sounds way too futuristic.

Looks like you will need to create xorg.conf files for each monitor setup you 
need, do the copy routine, restart X, and be very careful about when in the 
process you plug/unplug your monitors.  Setting up some scripts will help cut 
down on your switch over time.

On Monday 05 February 2007, Lokeey wrote:
> okay...it looks like when i swapped out the cables that xorg freaked out
> because it was only configured for one monitor and i think that when i
> plugged in the other cable and swapped settings on the monitor that it
> freaked out and didn't like that very much. at least that is what i'm
> guessing what happened. don't you just love an OS with a personality? :)
>
> On 2/5/07, Lokeey <lokeey at gmail.com> wrote:
> > that's what i thought too, but it's working just fine...this is driving
> > me nuts man!!!
> >
> > On 2/5/07, Larry Hartman < larryhartman50 at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > > Possible hardware problem?
> > >
> > > On Monday 05 February 2007, Lokeey wrote:
> > > > that didn't work, but i was able to go into recovery mode and noticed
> > >
> > > that
> > >
> > > > i had a few different xorg configs and two other xorg configs with
> > >
> > > fglrx
> > >
> > > > AND i also had an original config that was backed up when i first
> > >
> > > installed
> > >
> > > > fglrx AND I also had my own backup that i had created prior to making
> > >
> > > my
> > >
> > > > first changes when i installed fglrx. which i didn't know occurred
> > > > automatically.
> > > >
> > > > okay, this is still odd that i made zero changes to any xorg.conf
> > > > file
> > >
> > > and
> > >
> > > > i was getting NO SIGNAL INPUT CHECK YOUR VIDEO CABLE INPUT SIGNAL OUT
> > >
> > > OF
> > >
> > > > RANGE from my monitor. like i stated previously i only swapped out
> > > > the
> > >
> > > xbox
> > >
> > > > vga cable and replaced with the vga cable that was going into a
> > >
> > > separate
> > >
> > > > box.
> > > >
> > > > On 2/5/07, Joe Hart <j.hart at orange.nl> wrote:
> > > > > > the system boots up fine and i have no issues when i boot up into
> > >
> > > xp,
> > >
> > > > > > but then when i boot up into kubuntu i get the boot display but
> > >
> > > then
> > >
> > > > > > when that completes i get nothing! just a black screen.
> > > > >
> > > > > Boot into recovery mode.  At the root prompt type:
> > > > >
> > > > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
> > > > >
> > > > > That will run a program that will rewrite your xorg.conf based on
> > >
> > > the
> > >
> > > > > settings that you choose (it's the same program that runs during
> > > > > the alternate install CD).
> > > > >
> > > > > If for some strange reason, you don't have a recovery mode option
> > > > > on
> > >
> > > the
> > >
> > > > >   grub menu, you can still get to it by pressing e then edit the
> > >
> > > kernel
> > >
> > > > > line adding the word "single" (without the quotes) at the end, then
> > >
> > > b to
> > >
> > > > > boot.
> > > > >
> > > > >
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