Accident, deleted .config

[Michael Schwendt]

On Mon, 16 May 2011 15:23:44 -0400, BG wrote:

> > Boot into a non-X run-level, create a fresh user account, use that
> > one. It will start with an empty ~/.config/ btw.
> >
> 
>         Did that but still can't startx.
> 
>         Fatal server error:
>         no screens found

Then you experience a problem other than a removed $HOME/.config dir.
[When you wrote "I can boot the computer but can't run X" did you mean that
X fails to start even _before_ logging in at the GDM greeter screen?]
What do you find in X's log file?