display crash

[David McGlone]

On Friday 23 November 2007 2:03:14 pm Sylviane et Perry White wrote:
> On Friday 23 November 2007 12:32, Michael Bach (gmx) wrote:
> > Donn wrote:
> > >> am able to log on legibly in fail safe mode in konsole.  Can anyone
> > >> give me instructions on how to either fix my monitor display or copy
> > >> the files that I need onto a USB memory stick?  Many Thanks.
>
> (snip)
> First try to fix up your display as Donn and Michael suggested.
>
> *If that fails:*
> The command to copy files and folders is "cp"
> Try man cp to look up the syntax.
> Press space bar for next page.
> Type "q" to quit the man program and return to the shell.
> Tip: you have to solve the other problems first.
 (snip)

Or usually if the xorg.conf file is changed, it will save the previous 
settings as xorg.conf.1 xorg.conf.2 etc, etc. Just boot to a console and go 
to /etc/X11 and rename xorg.conf to xorg.conf.bak and then rename xorg.conf.1 
or the most recent one to xorg.conf and reboot.

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David M.
 
You will get what you deserve.