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   dxmm@albury.nospam.net.au to Bit Twister   
   Re: Updateing MD2011   
   05 Nov 12 23:36:55   
   
   From: Daniel47@teranews.com   
      
   Bit Twister wrote:   
   > On Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:44:21 +1100, Daniel47@teranews.com wrote:   
   >   
   >> Now MD2011   
   >> just boots to a blank screen, with an unblinking cursor in the top left   
   >> corner of screen! And, last night, I found out my MD2010.1 and MG2   
   >> (un-updated) installations have the same problem!   
   >   
   > I would boot at run level 3   
   > log in as root,   
   >      mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /root/xorg.conf   
   >   
   > then reboot at run level 3 again, log in as user and try   
   >      startx   
   >   
   > Still broke, log out. log in as root   
   >   
   >   
   >   and run   
   > /usr/bin/XFdrake   
   > Pick xorg and vesa driver and see what happens.   
   >   
      
   Thanks for this, Bit Twister. First I've got to Google "chroot", so I   
   can boot into a DVD, go to Rescue System, open a terminal, then chroot   
   to my HD.   
      
   I'll get back to you and Jim Beard.   
      
   Daniel   
      
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