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Re: [ecs] suse help req Kevin Keane Wed, 22 Mar 2006 04:44:59 -0800

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I would go with basically the same idea.

If he doesn't even get to the point where he can run yast2, he can start
a bit earlier in the process:

- reboot (if you can log on remotely from the network, you can use that
for a proper shutdown -r now, or else just hit the reset button).
- boot into runlevel 3. If you use grub as your boot loader (standard),
edit the boot command line by appending the number "3". You can do that
while grub is booting. I reboot my SuSE box so rarely that I don't even
remember exactly how it works, though.
- log on as root.
- run "sax2". That's the Yast component that sets the screen resolution,
and it will let you go back to fix the screen resolution - but you must
run it from text mode.
- reboot (you can probably just switch to runlevel 5).

BTW, you can always just run the text-mode YaST by typing "yast" instead
of "yast2".

Tilly, Lawrence wrote:
> When I've trashed my desktop config ( trying to get some old DOS games
> playing under WINE ) I was able to reconfigure by getting root at the
> command prompt and typing "yast2" ( pretty sure it was all lower case ).
> If you're not running X it will give you a text-only version of the most
> of the same functionality you get under YaST including configuring
> hardware and display settings.  I've done this under 9.3 and 10.0.
> 
> Hope it helps!
> -Lawrence 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:mark2@OmnipotenceSoftware.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 12:32 PM
> To: ecs@netbloc.com
> Subject: [ecs] suse help req
> 
> using suse desktop cfg menus, i set my screen resolution to an
> apparently-unsupported resolution, and now i can't get a display at all
> (i expected it to make me click an OK box before permanently setting it
> like XP does).
> can anyone tell me how to restore my original screen res from the
> command prompt ?
> thanks
> 
> Mark Gilmore
> http://OmnipotenceSoftware.com 


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