Alfredo Macias wrote:
>
> Hi.
> I have been trying to install linux 7.0 unsuccessfully. This is my problem:
>
> I only had 16 meg of RAM on my system for windows, I removed all the
> RAM modules and installed a new 64meg RAM module.
> I tried installing linux, at the beginning the installation screen said that
> I had low memory, so it turned swapping on immediately.
> Linux installed ok except that it was awfully slow, then it started
> Giving me a bunch of errors when trying to open any windows(i.e. terminal).
>
> When I typed free, it said that only 13 megs total memory are recognized.
> I was trying to change my lilo.conf file, but any attempt to open a window
> Fails due to low memory. I tried ctr-alt-backspace to kill X, but it
> Comes back immediately and won't let me go to text mode so I could
> Change lilo.conf to add: append = "mem=64M"
> How can I:
> Stop X temporarily without it coming back immediately when I kill it.
> Force linux to recognize my 64 megs at startup. (bios sees 64 megs ok)
> Prevent X from starting automatically at startup.
>
> Any hints will be appreciated.
>
Switch to console with "ctrl+alt+F2"
Run ps ax to find what process X is running from, possibly xdm
Kill the process by using it's pid number with-
kill <pid>
kill -9 <pid> if that doesn't work.
hth,
kent
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