First of all, you may not have to power-cycle. Try <ALT>F1 to see if it will
drop into console mode.
If you have to reboot, select your kernel and add the word 'single' after
it. As an example:
Boot: Linux single
In single mode, edit /etc/inittab and go to about line 18 -- search for
initdefault:. My line looks like:
id:5:initdefault:
Change the 5 to 3 for multi-user with networking.
--Hope this helps,
-- Scott
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-----Original Message-----
From: Hanigan Family [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 1999 8:01 AM
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Subject: help: x didn't load right & comes up in graphical
Hi,
I tried to load Redhat 6.0 on a new machine
last night. It is the same as one I just did except
it has a different motherboard, which I don't think
should effect X. Anyway it wasn't able to autoprobe
for I believe it said clock on video card and gives a
screen with diagnoal lines. Then when it boots it
comes up in x not text mode so I have an unreadable
screen. The machine will not reboot with ctrl Alt Delete
so I will have to turn it off and bring it back up with a
rescue floppy or reformat the partitions and reinstall.
Which should I do?
what do I need to change in tne etc/inittab file to make
it boot text mode?
When I use a rescue boot how do I mount the partitions
so I can fix it?
Thanks
Linda
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