[Discuss] Wide screen monitor

[stanfish]

Well I seem to have overreached here. While I was waiting for the 
appropriate *.run file to download, I went over to the Mepis site to see 
if there was any information there. There was a reference to a 'monitor 
control utility' (in the K desktop system sections). I went there and 
there was a ATI choice which I checked, clicked 'Apply' ...was asked to 
reboot, which I did. Unfortunately I guess that installed a driver that 
was not compatible...so after the boot-up screen I get a black screen 
with a cursor. Startx does nothing,... so Ctr-Alt-Del to reboot.
Is there any way I can get into Mepis again and recover from this or is 
this a re-install.
I could try a live version of Mepis, but I wouldn't know what to change 
to get rid of the incorrect driver.
Re-install is not too much of a problem because I have no files yet in 
the Linux (just a beginner y'know)
Stan Fisher

Gustavo González wrote:
> 2008/5/6 stanfish <stanfish at shaw.ca>:
>> Sorry to be dense on this but
>>  1) would I find those drivers on the AMD or ATI websites or in a Debian
>> repository, and
> 
>    This is the official site for the propietary drivers:
>    http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html
> 
>>  2) then having found them how does one install a driver in a Debian system
>> (Mepis) and then point the system to use it rather than what's there now?
> 
>     The driver file is a script installer with extension ".run", you
> must to execute it
>     doing: "sh file.run"
> 
>     On this link, you can find some tips about the procedure with the
> open driver:
>     http://technowizah.com/2006/10/debian-how-to-ati-drivers.html
>     (It is a little old, but it can give you an idea about the procedure)
> 
>>  3) and if these are dumb questions I apologize in advance.
> 
>     If you want to learn... there is no dumb questions. So, do not worry.
>