No need to change runlevel like that since "Recovery Mode" is the 2nd option in /boot/grub/menu.list. Just cursor to it on boot and boot into a console to do those things. Unfortunately the configuration file produced by X -configure failed the X -config ~/xorg.conf.new tests. It's also interesting that although it was able to identify the manufacturer, model number and other ddcprobed information, it still 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. BTW, I also noticed that the conf file shows the CRT I originally installed with, not the one I have been using for these tests. What do you bet there is a better way to re-initialize the system for such changes. Or perhaps windows actually does something better :P On 9/19/06, Gerard J Snitselaar wrote: > > > I think adding single to the kernel line will boot you to single user > mode. > Then go change /etc/inittab to start at run-level 3 until you figure out > what is causing the problem. I don't know if it would be a xorg.confproblem or > something else. There is a way to have X generate a config file based on > what > it detects. I'd compare that to your current config and see what is > different. > I believe X -configure will generate the config file. > > On 0, Dazed_75 wrote: > > Is there some argument I can put in the grub boot command line in > > /boot/grub/menu.list to cause X11 to re-evaluate the monitor or force a > > particular resolution/frequency for the graphic login screen in ubuntu > 6.06? > > > > I have a machine that dual boots XP and ubuntu 6.06 which ran just fine > > using a CRT. I was given a Viewsonic vg800b 19" LCD (native 1280x1024) > for > > it today. When I boot into ubuntu the LCD goes black with a small "Out > of > > Range" message in the middle of the screen after the startup messages > but > > before the login screen. There is no problem if I boot Xp or even > booting > > to a Knoppix live CD. If I put the CRT back on I see the gnome desktop > was > > set for 1280x1024 @ 75 Hz whereas the LCD monitor native is 1280 x 1024 > @ 60 > > Hz for both real users. I can change the resolution for them, but it > does > > no good since I can't log in with the LCD monitor attached. > > > > Hopefully I should be able to boot to recovery mode or boot Knoppix and > edit > > /boot/grub/menu.list or some X11 configuration file in the ubuntu file > > system to fix it. > > > > -- > > Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't > matter > > and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss