[ubuntu-uk] Scrambled screen

Matthew Daubney matt at daubers.co.uk
Wed Jun 10 19:30:22 BST 2009


On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 19:14 +0100, ged byrom wrote:
> I've just run: 
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
>  to reset my xorg.conf file automatically. I had followed instructions to get graphics stable. The instructions had worked but I had giant font in login windows and some apps.
> Is that command of no use to Greg to return his xorg.conf file to a state before the update nobbled him ?
> Regards Ged
> 

<snip>

That might do it, he'd have to get into a tty, or chroot in from the
livecd. If he can get to a tty (ctrl+alt+f<1-10> ) then it should work!
Otherwise he'll need to ask back for instructions on a chroot. :)

-Matt Daubney
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