X is totally screwed up - how to manually configure

[tim042849]

I just installed gutsy, replace feisty.
Installation went without a hitch, but after rebooting
the computer, X is totally screwed up and unreadable.
I know how to boot into recovery mode. I presume,
indeed I hope that there is a manual X configuration.

Any help at all would be appreciated, this is very distressing.
Thanks
Tim
P.S. I come from the redhat slackware background am
comfortable with the command line.

[integr8e]

Re: X is totally screwed up - how to manually configure

After booting to recovery mode, type the command:

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

This will allow you to manually reconfigure xorg.conf; just choose the default answers for anything you don't know. You may want to choose "vesa" (or "nv" if you have an Nvidia card), rather than the correct driver for your video card, in case the correct driver is corrupted.

[tim042849]

Re: X is totally screwed up - how to manually configure

Thanks. That's what I was looking for.
cheers
tim

[Qqmike]

Re: X is totally screwed up - how to manually configure

and herman at
Bigpond, home: http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/
has a tutorial on it--see the Xserver page.
If you get stuck with no GUI, dibl to the rescue at:
dibl: Topic: How to get started with no GUI
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3085112.0