"Mismatched timestamp", WTF?!?!?!? I can't boot up

[three eyes open]

I've updated and rebooted and it's still working, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

One more question: how do i change the screen resolution to 800x600? I can barely make out anything on this small monitor with the default resolution.

[Stephen]

I've updated and rebooted and it's still working, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

One more question: how do i change the screen resolution to 800x600? I can barely make out anything on this small monitor with the default resolution.

Good to hear you got it going. For the resolution you can edit the file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and remove the 800x600 references and any higher in the lines to set the default to 640x480. Relevant section of my file:

vendorname "Acer Peripherals"
modelname "54e"
ModeLine "1024x768/65Hz" 65 1024 1032 1176 1344 768 771 777 806  -HSync -VSync
ModeLine "800x600/72Hz" 50 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666  +HSync +VSync


EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "ATI Technologies, Inc. 3D Rage Pro AGP [264GT Pro GB]"
        Monitor         "API:3645"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           1
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           4
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           8
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           15
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           16
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

With this you can see I am using 24 bit for the default color depth and in that depth the 1024x768 comes first therefore it will be used the modlines at the very top of the example show that I will only have screens of 1024x768 and 800x600 if I use the change on the fly method of adjusting the resolution ( CTRL and ALT at the same time then + or - keypad keys to change the resolution ) you can also use this method when running if you want. You could also boot from the with the cheat code screen=640x480 and mount your install / partition and copy the file from the CD to the HD. As always before you take any of these steps make a copy of the original file so you can have it for latter use if you mess things up at least you can always get back to a working copy.