[jeremy1701]

As root, you should be able to restore your backup xconfig file. It'll be in /etc/X11 and be called something like xorg.conf.bak or .old. If you're running Xf86, I think it's called Xfree86.conf.old.

Jeremy

[Bloggins]

In Fedora core 2 the xserver is xorg, the command to configure X (as root) is
system-config-display
but if you are seeing an Nvidia splash screen then then you must have installed the NVidia driver from them, the install docs are in /usr/share/doc/nvidia* it also it describes how to setup twinview.
If you use system-config-display with the NVidia provided module, it will change fron the NVidia provided module (nvidia)to the fedora provided one (nv)
Better you edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf by hand.

you are going to have to boot in singe user to avoid starting X in order to edit xorg.conf

In addition if you want to change to the nv module then you must remove the nvidia entry in /etc/modules.conf

[the_nerd]

Ok here what going on. I did install the nvidia drives but i changed the moniter type and I forgot each time I change disply types that it switches back to the old drivers wich twinview dosnt work on so thats preventing the x sever to boot. Then i did the system-config-display command to change the driver back but I thinked it only changed the driver on display 1 so each time it crashes at the nvidia splash page now.

[Bloggins]

In addition if you want to change back to the nv module then you must remove the nvidia entry in /etc/modules.conf
Its probable that the entry in modules.conf is still there cause otherwise you would not see NVidia splash screen on graphical boot

[the_nerd]

It crashes before Linux fully loads.

[Bloggins]

boot to single user mode by hiting e at the grub boot prompt (or p if you set a password to grub config) then ad an s to the kernel parameters ( second line then hit enter and b to boot selected kernel, once in single user issue mount -a to mount all partitions and edit the /etc/modules.conf to get rid of nvidia module

[the_nerd]

Originally Posted by Bloggins

In Fedora core 2 the xserver is xorg, the command to configure X (as root) is
system-config-display
but if you are seeing an Nvidia splash screen then then you must have installed the NVidia driver from them, the install docs are in /usr/share/doc/nvidia* it also it describes how to setup twinview.
If you use system-config-display with the NVidia provided module, it will change fron the NVidia provided module (nvidia)to the fedora provided one (nv)
Better you edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf by hand.

you are going to have to boot in singe user to avoid starting X in order to edit xorg.conf

In addition if you want to change to the nv module then you must remove the nvidia entry in /etc/modules.conf

How do i edit the xorg.conf by hand in the terminal.

[Bloggins]

by hand i mean vi , are you familiar with vi?.If not I'll provide more info. I think what you have going on is that in your /etc/modules.conf file you have an entry to load the nvidia module., this is why you see the nvidia splash screen but the driver pointed to in /etc/xorg.conf is the fedora provide one, if you can comment out or remove the nvidia entry in /etc/modules.conf you should be able to boot to your GUI

[the_nerd]

Um I want to use the nvidia drivers they work 100% percent better than nv. This was all caused by me changing my moniter type and fedora changed the driver to nv.Nv donet work with my video card good and prevents the x server to start if I have twin view enable wich i do. So is there anyway just to view and edit xor.conf file in the terminal. Or can you explain this modual thing to me better.

[Bloggins]

If you want to use the NVidia provided driver then you must edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf . To do this all you need to do is find
the relevant Device section and replace the line:
Driver "nv"
with
Driver "nvidia"

In the Module section, make sure you have:
Load "glx"
You should also remove the following lines:
Load "dri"
Load "GLcore"

to set the resolution look for lines that look something like this:

SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"

just make sure that the resolution you want to display at is first.

in order to do this stuff, you have to know how to use the vi editor, do you know how to use that?