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Is there any way to choose which OS when the comp start?

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Michele Angrisano (darksun88-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

To reconfigure X, run in the terminal:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserverx-org

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Michele Angrisano (darksun88-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

Ops, this command is mistake.
The correct command is:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

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Nate King (nate7679) said : 		#3

Is there a way that I can find my default settings put into the configuration? That's how I configured it in the first place, and I woulden't be surprised if thats why I'm having my problem because I had no idea what I was doing.

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Best Alex Sutcliffe (alex.sutcliffe) said : 		#4

Hi Nate,

Whenever you do a dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, dpkg creates a backup of your old xorg.conf (the config file that gets modified). Look in /etc/X11 and you should see some files with names like:

xorg.conf.20070201214253

the 20070201214253 is a timestamp - YYYYMMDDHHMMSS. Find the one that is closest to the time that you first changed your working configuration and (making a backup first) copy it over /etc/X11/xorg.conf and restart X.

Hopefully that will work

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Nate King (nate7679) said : 		#5

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Nate King (nate7679) said : 		#6

Did you install grub when you installed ubuntu? It allows you to select either ubuntu or windows to load when your computer boots up.
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-----Original Message-----
From: joeoneall <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:46:14
To:<email address hidden>
Subject: [Support #4202]: Is there any way to choose which OS when the comp
 start?

Your support request #4202 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ticket/4202

Summary changed to:
Is there any way to choose which OS when the comp start?

Description changed to:
I just installed Ubuntu 6.10, and I haven't installed any softwares from linux. So, I need to go back to windoes OS to work with my installed softwares. Any reply would be greatly appreciated.
Thx before guys.