Unable to login with new monitor attached

[JT Moree]

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Dazed_75 wrote:

> a console to do those things.  Unfortunately the configuration file
> produced by X -configure failed the X -config ~/xorg.conf.new tests. 

not surprising, it was never very good at detecting any of my settings.
 1 time out of 100 it did ok.

> identified the monitor as being a CRT.  Yet booting the unbuntu 6.06
> disk as a live cd works just fine.  Hmmmm, think I will go do that again
> and look at what IT puts in the xorg.conf.
> 

With the old monitor attached, try changing the settings to 60 Hz in the
gui config applet if you can.  Then attach the LCD and reboot.

I dont think most distros allow configuring of X settings from Grub.
Knoppix and some live CDs do but . . .

If you cant fix with old monitor attached boot with the live CD and copy
the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file from the livecd instance to your hard drive.

I recommend backing up the configs that you have working in case you
need to roll back.  I use /etc/X11/vidswitcher/config1 . . .
because I use a custom script to switch files based on how many display
devices are detected but whatever works for you.

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JT Morée
PC Xperience, Inc.
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