double screen

[Chris Mohler]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Stanford Evans <bobnlou at verizon.net> wrote:
> I am  a complete newbie, and just installed v. 8.1. Somehow, in my
> wanderings, I managed
> to come up  with a double screen--a second screen up about 1/3 of the
> screen, taking up
> space needed to do any work. I would appreciate any info on how to
> remove this, short of
> a re-installation, or if that is required, indicate thus.  Thank you. Bob

Reboot - at the GRUB screen, choose the latest "Recovery" option.
After a little while you should see a prompt for an action - choose
"Fix X Server" (or something to that effect), and once that finishes,
select "Continue Booting".

Alternatively, open a terminal and do:
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_OLD

Then logout and log back in.

Having to reinstall is rare - you usually have to *try* to mess things
up that badly ;)

HTH,
Chris