hey i have this laptop without a screen and i didnt backup my work before i allowed the configure nvidia hardware acceleration app to write to etc/x11/xorg.conf so now i cant boot bcaus it tries to boot in a video mode uncompatible with my external monitor and i cant fn f4 bcause the keyboard goes off. i tried booting from ubuntu tenpointten and some of my files are locked unreadable, if i could back them up i ould just reinstall ubuntu because i just have done this pdpatch with it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqxrqyjFDwI&feature=share
any suggestions?
i just done a sudo rm xorg.conf from boot cd and hopefully it will boot now
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 12:43 AM, Billy Stiltner billy.stiltner@gmail.comwrote:
hey i have this laptop without a screen and i didnt backup my work before i allowed the configure nvidia hardware acceleration app to write to etc/x11/xorg.conf so now i cant boot bcaus it tries to boot in a video mode uncompatible with my external monitor and i cant fn f4 bcause the keyboard goes off. i tried booting from ubuntu tenpointten and some of my files are locked unreadable, if i could back them up i ould just reinstall ubuntu because i just have done this pdpatch with it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqxrqyjFDwI&feature=share
any suggestions?
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Billy Stiltner