i just done a sudo rm xorg.conf from boot cd and hopefully it will boot now<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 12:43 AM, Billy Stiltner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:billy.stiltner@gmail.com">billy.stiltner@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">hey <br>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. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqxrqyjFDwI&feature=share" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqxrqyjFDwI&feature=share</a><br>
<br>any suggestions?<br>
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