cods wrote:hi just 2 update i tried doing that got the reconfigure xserver done all the settings through the screen eg monitor keyboard ect....then it goes back to the terminal .But it still not let me load up ,also on the screen there something about password not set !on the boot screen theres kernal 2.6.20.16 and 2.6.20.15 i can boot up as norm on the 2.6.20.15 but not the other which i suppose is the updated one... ps i dont know how to save the settings through the reconfigure it just went back to the terminal any help would be great ...
Neil
When your done with the reconfigure xserver-xorg, it will ask you if you want to save it "yes" or "no" once you select "yes" and hit enter, it is written to your xorg.conf file. When you get back to the terminal you can get back in to desktop by typing
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su your_login_name
To start GDM (to get back into the desktop):
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/etc/init.d/gdm start
or you could try simply
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startx
As far as your dual kernel situation, I had the same problem when I installed the nvidia drivers from envy. I don't know why that happens but if you run the .15 kernel the newly installed nvidia drivers do work, you can confirm this with the Nvidia control manager. If you don't want to have to select that kernel everytime you boot your computerj just edit your grub menu.lst. I'm going to refer you to this
POST for editing your grub. (too much typing
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