[plug] New screen

[J Michael Gilks]

Well you were all right, although I am sure Little Sally will enjoy staying 
with Uncle Satan anyway, and as an added bonus I didn't have to learn a 
thing. The new disolay is very nice, but loading of applications seems to 
have slowed down a lot. Will keep chipping away at the problems.
A prediction: One day a computer will work how I want it to, for more than 30 
secnds
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 16:59, J Michael Gilks wrote:
> I am about to delve into the black arts and change the monitor on my Linux
> desktop. I know you generally have to offer your firstborn child to Satan
> to make this work, but I was hoping for an easier option. Girlfriends get
> so upset so easily.
> In /etc/X11/ I have 2 files XF86Config and XF86Config-4 . If I back these
> up to a new name before starting and everything dies I should be able to
> restore my settings by restoring these files. Is this a correct assumption
> or should I get out the ram skull and sacrifice altar.
> Help me I am scared.
> Love
> Mike.