[plug] monitor flashes when booting

[Adam Davin]

Hi all,

On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:43:16 +0800
Gavin Chester <gavin.chester at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 02:27 +0800, Patrick Coleman wrote:
> > >You need to boot the server with a live distro
> > > of choice to mount and edit your files.
> > 
> > You may not have to even do this. If the problem is that X is
> > overdriving your monitor, switch to a virtual console by pressing
> > Ctrl-Alt-F1
> 
> Ah, yes my mistake. I was thinking wrongly that if X is dead then all
> the vts would also be unavailable. Sorry. So, everything else I
> suggested stands, but forget the need for live distro to edit the file
> in the first instance.   

Once xorg.conf has been edited, you should be able to use
Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to kill X and force it to respawn. 

I believe this should re-read the xorg.conf without restarting the PC. 

I could be wrong though. 

Thanks and Regards, 

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