Martin
I am not sure how to 'hop on to a virtual console'. I am a bit of a linux noob.
I did some digging on the net and it is possible to reconfigure x, but it doesnt seem to work.
I am booting into Recovery Mode and getting a prompt up.
I tried dkpg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, but it did not do anything. I thought it was supposed to bring up a menu so you can pick option for your graphics card/monitor settings.
I did also try dkpg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg, but that did nothing either.
I would really like to resolve this. I installed Linux Mint on a Toshiba Satellite Pro A10 with integrated Intel graphics and a 15" monitor running at 1024x768. The ThinkPad has Silicon Motion graphics chip (which I know works in Linux) and a 10"monitor running 800x600, so it must be a driver and res issue.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I do dual boot with Windows XP, so if it is possible to edit any files on the linux partition via Windows that could be an option.
Simon
Simon Royal
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Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 00:28:36 +0100 Subject: Re: [ALUG] Mint Problems From: martin@antibodymx.net To: simonroyal@live.co.uk CC: main@lists.alug.org.uk
On Thu, August 5, 2010 18:02, Simon Royal wrote:
This stays on the screen. Every 20 seconds the whole screen goes black then the writing comes back.
It doesnt get any further than this.
That will be your display manager trying to start X, failing for some reason, and then trying to start it again.
Hop on to a virtual console, stop the display manager, then start X manually as root to see what the problem is. Most likely you'll need to change the graphics driver.