I think I inadvertantly set the resolution too high in KDE, and now it won't start. The thing is, KDE is set to start automatically, so when after the system boots, I see the Linux Login at the command line briefly, but then it tries to load KDE and just blacks out; no error messages or anything. Just a black screen. How can I fix this????
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when the screen "blacks out", hit ctrl-alt-backspace to force quit X window. at the prompt, you can either run XF86Setup to change the resolution or manually edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file.
if you're running RedHat or SuSE, they have alternative setup programs (Xconfigurator and SaX or SaX2, respectively). you may want to try those instead of XF86Setup.
if you're running RedHat or SuSE, they have alternative setup programs (Xconfigurator and SaX or SaX2, respectively). you may want to try those instead of XF86Setup.
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