Re: [newbie] Lost XWindows
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 23:13, Charles Rodgers wrote: I foolishly entered control alt F1 and now my machine will only boot to the command screen. What is the command to get from the command screen back to XWindows ? Your help will be much appreciated. Charles Ctl+Alt+F1 only moves you to a text console temporarily. It will not affect any future boot. If your computer will only boot to text then you have screwed it up in some other way. (Ctl+Alt+F7 will bring you back to X from a text console) derek Many thanks to all for the helpful advice. I have Xwindows back now, but still some problems to sort. Charles -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.3 - Release Date: 05/04/2005 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Lost XWindows
I foolishly entered control alt F1 and now my machine will only boot to the command screen. What is the command to get from the command screen back to XWindows ? Your help will be much appreciated. Charles -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.3 - Release Date: 05/04/2005 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Lost XWindows
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 08:13, Charles Rodgers wrote: I foolishly entered control alt F1 and now my machine will only boot to the command screen. What is the command to get from the command screen back to XWindows ? Your help will be much appreciated. Charles ctrl-alt-F7 or ctrl-alt-F8 -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free :: Crashing is NOT an option. Registered Linux User # 267497 --- No matter who you are, some scholar can show you the great idea you had was had by someone before you. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Lost XWindows
Charles Rodgers wrote: I foolishly entered control alt F1 and now my machine will only boot to the command screen. What is the command to get from the command screen back to XWindows ? Your help will be much appreciated. Charles This is strange. I use the Ctrl-Alt-F1 to change to the command line all the time, and I don't run into this problem. You do have to hit Alt-F7 to get back to the X secession. (Standard install - this can be changed.) But you should have gotten the GUI login back when you rebooted as well. In any case, if it is now booting into level 3, instead of level 5, you can change this in a couple of ways. I believe drakconf offers an option for this. Or you can edit /etc/inittab, and change id:3:initdefault: to id:5:initdefault: This should fix things, unless you did something to break the X server. You can also run telinit 5 as root to change to run level 5, instead of rebooting. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Lost XWindows
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 23:13, Charles Rodgers wrote: I foolishly entered control alt F1 and now my machine will only boot to the command screen. What is the command to get from the command screen back to XWindows ? Your help will be much appreciated. Charles Ctl+Alt+F1 only moves you to a text console temporarily. It will not affect any future boot. If your computer will only boot to text then you have screwed it up in some other way. (Ctl+Alt+F7 will bring you back to X from a text console) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Lost XWindows
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 08:13, Charles Rodgers wrote: I foolishly entered control alt F1 and now my machine will only boot to the command screen. What is the command to get from the command screen back to XWindows ? Your help will be much appreciated. Charles ctrl-alt-F7 or ctrl-alt-F8 Thanks Stephen, Yes I did try that, but I just get a blank screen. Any more suggestions? Charles -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.3 - Release Date: 05/04/2005 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Lost XWindows
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 08:27, Charles Rodgers wrote: On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 08:13, Charles Rodgers wrote: I foolishly entered control alt F1 and now my machine will only boot to the command screen. What is the command to get from the command screen back to XWindows ? Your help will be much appreciated. Charles ctrl-alt-F7 or ctrl-alt-F8 Thanks Stephen, Yes I did try that, but I just get a blank screen. Any more suggestions? Charles As was suggested before, you might want to check to see if the /etc/inittab was modified = runlevel 3 is console login, runlevel 5 is GUI login = if the default is changed to 3, change it to 5 and reboot; as well, if you just want to start X, type: startx -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free :: Crashing is NOT an option. Registered Linux User # 267497 --- Nobody takes a bribe. Of course at Christmas if you happen to hold out your hat and somebody happens to put a little something in it, well, that's different. -- New York City Police Commissioner (Ret.) William P. O'Brien, instructions to the force. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
