Re: GUI does not load after monitor is changed

["Allyn Baskerville" <allynb adsne com>]

Thanks a lot for this info. I'll give it a shot.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Simon Kitching" <skitching apache org>
To: "Allyn Baskerville" <allynb adsne com>
Cc: <gnome-list gnome org>
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: GUI does not load after monitor is changed


> On Sat, 2005-02-19 at 08:09 -0600, Allyn Baskerville wrote:
> > I suspect this has been asked several times as it's happened to me a couple of times, but I didn't see the solution in the 
> > archives.
> > I have RH RC2 installed on an old Compaq 800 ProLiant. After the machine was built, I moved it to a rack with a KVM and a 
> > different
> > monitor installed. I could tell the GUI keeps trying to load but fails. I suspect the machine doesn't recognize the monitor. I 
> > tried
> > to change /etc/X11/XF86config, but it hasn't helped at this point. Do I need to try something else, or should this file be the
> > culprit? Thanks - Allyn
>
> Have you tried running this?
>  dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
>
> That will take you through the original install setup questions for X,
> then generate a new XF86config file.
>
> You might want to back up the original one before doing this.
>
> NB: This is just a guess. No promises this will fix your problem..
>
> Cheers,
>
> Simon