On 09/04/14 19:48, Chris Walker wrote:
I haven't investigated this yet but it's approaching the time when I stuff a DVD in and re-install the OS. I have a full backup which I write yesterday using rsync (I made a note of the commands to use when I asked the question here several months ago) and which I can look at successfully. I'm prepared to give it a few more goes to fix it as I'd like to know what went wrong, in case it happens again but I suspect I will have it working one way or another by the weekend. Thanks to both of you for sticking with it this far.
I'm thinking it's almost time to trash it and start again. Be absolutely sure you've got all the files backed up first though!!!!!!!
Also, just make sure you don't restore all the display config files otherwise you could restore the problem.
I think you've reached the limit of how much I can help as I don't know your distro, and haven't played with xorg config files for ages. Good luck!
If you do decide to trash & reinstall, make a list of all packages that you've installed. This can save some time when you reinstall, as you can install all (or most) of the packages in one go. Depends on your packakging/install system though.
Cheers Steve