How can I get to and edit xorg.conf and Sessions -> Startup Programs if Gnome won't start in Debian Linux?
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 at
19:25
I edited both to configure compiz, but I made a mistake…Now it says "no screens found" and that it’s "unable to connect to the X server" and goes to the kernel. I know what I did wrong, so how do I get to xorg.conf and Startup Programs from there to fix it? I’m using Debian Lenny…I have a Linux Mint Live CD if there’s any way to get to them from that.
Tagged with: kernel • Linux • mint • mistake • screens • startup programs • x server
Filed under: Debian
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If you don’t want to take the time to learn how to use vi or vim, nano is an easier solution, and comes installed on most distros.
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Works more like a notepad than vi does.
Use vi to edit the file.
You don’t need X to edit a file with vi.
Learn a UNIX shell — you’ll be much more marketable if you know how to do things from a shell than if you’re GUI dependent.