-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 September 16, 2003 01:13 pm, Merlin Zener wrote: > On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 08:31, Charlie M. wrote: > > [...snip] > > Lot's of ways Bill. But: > > > > 1.) Just Ctrl+Alt+F1 and look at the kernel version there; > > very funny. > I tried it, thinking I'd see some kind of help file or info, but it > immediately went to a black screen with just a couple of lines of > text at the top. This wasn't just a text window, it was the full > screen. > > How was I supposed to get back to where I was? > Quit, exit, q, CTRL-C etc, nothing seemed to work. ALT-TAB didn't > work, it only put some ] and ^ symbols on the line. > And then the CTRL-ALT-DEL [I thought it would bring up a log in > screen, like before] rebooted the computer without any warning or any > chance to stop it. > So I lost an 8M download, which [of course] was about 90% done... > > -- > Merlin Zener > Piano, Synthesizer > Thailand.
It wasn't intended to be funny, nor was it intended to make your life miserable. You have my sincere apology. I should have said "Ctrl+Alt+F(1-6)" but most people would have used F1 anyway. Those "couple of lines of text on a totally black screen" are what was important. I should also have mentioned that you return to your desktop by Ctrl+Alt+F7. Those lines of text; on mine this is what shows up there: Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (Cooker) for i586 Kernel 2.4.22-9mdk on an i686 h24-66-233-146 login: (flashing cursor, in other words a command *prompt*) Which illustrates that the requested information was there. Sorry for your inconvenience. I'll be sure I don't cause you any more trouble. By not answering any more questions. Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-9mdk 14:29:45 up 1 day, 1:55, 1 user, load average: 0.17, 0.22, 0.25 1.79 x 10^12 furlongs per fortnight -- it's not just a good idea, it's the law! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQE/Z3WhG11CaRuZZSIRAqZ8AJdJpZg05zeVpuECa4Rqb9n36YeuAJ4zt4N5 9JezGLdEnSvWLQHwAqPpbA== =X8MD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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