are you saying that you can not get back to the gui (Xwindow) reguardless of which f(num)? key? I do no longer have quickly available the original post. some messages are normal in other terms at some times. depends on the setup and if you allow remote terms to run X (etc.)
On Sunday 03 March 2002 19:42, you wrote: > > I hope that subject line is correct. It was Ed Tharp I believe who is to > > blame for telling me to re-post if i have a similar problem on a new > > install of LM8. > > > > Well, I do. I used reiserFS this time as a filesystem, and all went > > well. > > > > Except, when I tried to do the Ctrl-Alt-F* thing. As soon as I hit F12, > > I get to a screen where it looks like Linux is still hanging mid boot. > > > > The screen looks like the opening Aurora screen with the words, > > "initializing Linux Hook Confs" or something similar. Some of the other > > Terms are normal Login text prompts. And one of them (F6?) I think has > > just a blinking cursor up in the left corner. > > > > Now this is a new install, I did update some packages for security > > reasons. Then I installed the Nvidia drivers (and quickly got hooked on > > Tux Racer!). Needless to say, I was impressed I got that far, so finding > > the F12 issue was a surprise. > > > > Any ideas? I can post whatever file is needed here if that would help. > > Other than that, I'm stumped? > > > > Femme
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