Brian Lucas wrote: > Thanks, Lee. I did this earlier and see the sh-2.04# prompt. Where would I > look to reconfigure x (i.e, set it to a low resolution mode). > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 10:11 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Newbie: Boot in text mode only > > > Brian Lucas wrote: > > >>X isn't starting on my laptop and just cycling through the start >>sequence. How can I boot in just text mode without X? >> > > Try booting into single usermode. > > Depending on the boot loader, you will need to alter the command line > with the word "single". If using lilo you should be able to do: > > boot: linux single > > > >
Now edit the /etc/inittab file. Change 5 with 3 at the line that says: id:5:initdefault typing "init 6" will reset the box and from now on it will just load until the text mode. Anytime you want it to load X just type "init 5" Reconfiguration is done usually with xf86config or Xconfigurator HTH -- Francisco Neira B. Administrador de Red Defensoria del Pueblo Lima, Peru, -05:00 UTC -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
