Re: Fedora 12 Update - Lost Dual Monitor

Robert Moskowitz wrote: > On 05/04/2010 04:51 PM, Phil Pinkerton wrote: >> The installation of Fedora-12 x86_64 was flawless ( great job folks >> ). I install it on my Acer Aspire 7520 ( nvidia 7000m ) that also >> has a 22" AOC monitor attached. >> >> I was able to set up everything the way I liked it ... then I made a >> big mistake I ran "yum update" then "yum upgrade" and after a >> re-boot I lost the second display and also th display configuration >> tool. Too Bad as I really liked the original look and fonts. Now I >> only have 1024x789 or less available for my laptop screen ( >> normally 1400x900 ) and a fuzzy large font. > > Try installing system-config-display and run that from a command line. > No joy .... got the following error when running system-config-display from the command line # system-config-display Couldn't start X server on card 0 Couldn't start X server with old config, trying with a fresh configuration Couldn't start X server on card 0 Error, failed to start X server.

When I boot now I am left a flickering text screen no prompt so I am forced to ctrl-alt F2 to get a prompt. Other *nix flavors allow the install of Nvidia drivers and the Nvidia settings utility. Is that available on Fedora ? thanks Phil >> >> -- >> " The fundamental principle here is that the justification for a >> physical concept lies exclusively in its clear and unambiguous >> relation to the facts that it can be experienced" Â AE >> >> Please Feed and Educate the Children... it's the least any of us can >> do. >>