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

> 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.
>
>