[sf-lug] More Self inflicted Display Issues

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Blake Haggerty wrote:
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> Hoping someone will have a simple fix for this. 
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> This problem is on Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10 W/ Nividia 8500GT
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> I was messing with the screen resolutions in my xorg.conf and I changed some of the values and like an idiot I didnt back it up. Now when I boot I cant see my desktop. 
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> I tried to edit my xorg.conf (sudo nano /etc/x11/xorg.conf) the file is empty as in it is a blank page that nano pulls up (this has always been a problem for me with nano no matter what file I try to edit)
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> I tried the sudo dpkg -reconfigure xserver-xorg -phigh xorg.conf (not sure if that is the correct syntax I usually am going off a cheat sheet) That brought a screen to choose the correct resolutions and I did so and still no go.
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> Now here is the really strange part.
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> I have a Belkein KVM switch that I use to switch between my two computers sharing one monitor. When I switch over to my puppy Linux Box and start working on that everything is good. If I switch over to the non working Ubuntu box I can briefly see the login screen. I then blindly enter my login and password. I will then switch back to the puppy machine and then switch back to non working Ubuntu machine and I can briefly see my desktop for just a flash. So its there and its running but it just wont display on the monitor.
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> Thank you for any help you can lend in advance!

	I have created similar problems for myself with Mandriva and found the
simplest was to correct was to use the install DVD in Upgrade mode to correct
my error.

	Try to use a tool like Knoppix to back up your /home in case you make the 
mistake I did a month or so back and accidently re-install the whole system.
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