Re: [newbie] Made a mistake in setup
On Thu, 06 Jan 2000, you wrote: Also, other more knowlegable users have helped us out by telling us these little gems when we asked "how do I do this???" Yep! That and experience. :-) John
Re: [newbie] Made a mistake in setup
On Sun, 02 Jan 2000, John Aldrich wrote: | On Sun, 02 Jan 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | In a message dated 1/1/00 1:20:43 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | writes: | | Could you please explain a few things really quick? | |I'm assuming that your machine is coming up in runlevel 5 graphical mode | | Runlevel 5...is there level 4 graphical mode? What is with these runlevels, | I see them all over but don't quite understand. Just each runlevel is a | level of complexity, where each level depends on the processes going on in | the level beneath? | | There are four runlevels you need to keep in mind: RunLevel 1 which | is a single-user, no network, no GUI boot up. Run Level 3 which is a | multi-user, networked boot up, and Run Level 5 which is the GUI, | multi-user boot up. Now, these are different for each distribution of | Linux. Also, Run Level 6 is the "reboot" run level, so if all else | fails and you can get a command prompt, but need to shut things down, | you can init 6 and reboot. :-) | | type " linux 3 " with out the quotes. And don't take all | day. you only have a few |seconds. This will boot you into linux without X. | | How did you know this? | | Experience. :-) Trust us... the default boot delay is something like | 15 seconds... VERY short! | John Also, other more knowlegable users have helped us out by telling us these little gems when we asked "how do I do this???" Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [newbie] Made a mistake in setup
In a message dated 1/1/00 1:20:43 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Could you please explain a few things really quick? I'm assuming that your machine is coming up in runlevel 5 graphical mode Runlevel 5...is there level 4 graphical mode? What is with these runlevels, I see them all over but don't quite understand. Just each runlevel is a level of complexity, where each level depends on the processes going on in the level beneath? type " linux 3 " with out the quotes. And don't take all day. you only have a few seconds. This will boot you into linux without X. How did you know this? -- == [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) running Linux Mandrake 6.1 and/or BeOS. Don't bother answering this on the mailing list, but if you feel inspired perhaps you could tell me what you think of BeOS... Thanks! Dan
Re: [newbie] Made a mistake in setup
On Sun, 02 Jan 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/1/00 1:20:43 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Could you please explain a few things really quick? I'm assuming that your machine is coming up in runlevel 5 graphical mode Runlevel 5...is there level 4 graphical mode? What is with these runlevels, I see them all over but don't quite understand. Just each runlevel is a level of complexity, where each level depends on the processes going on in the level beneath? There are four runlevels you need to keep in mind: RunLevel 1 which is a single-user, no network, no GUI boot up. Run Level 3 which is a multi-user, networked boot up, and Run Level 5 which is the GUI, multi-user boot up. Now, these are different for each distribution of Linux. Also, Run Level 6 is the "reboot" run level, so if all else fails and you can get a command prompt, but need to shut things down, you can init 6 and reboot. :-) type " linux 3 " with out the quotes. And don't take all day. you only have a few seconds. This will boot you into linux without X. How did you know this? Experience. :-) Trust us... the default boot delay is something like 15 seconds... VERY short! John
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"Dennis Angell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Attachment: MIME Type: multipart/alternative - When i installed Linux Mandrake i selected the wrong Video card and montior.. What can i do to be able to change these settings again ?? Dennis Angell = At the LILO prompt type "linux 3" w/o quotes. This will get you in at a CLI. run xf86config (someone correct my sp or syntax, please). Then reboot. HTH, Mike Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Made a mistake in setup
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 %_When i installed Linux Mandrake i selected the wrong Video card and montior.. What can i do to be able to change these settings again ?? Dennis Angell Or You could type setup at the command line and run the xconfig from there. My 2 cents worth anyway. Steven -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.1 iQA/AwUBOG7RZn5p9vE7eOnjEQIidACeOqOtr8G28uKO2wRyGU/wezpocREAnRgI yPGWaHJEM0Ic0INOlw9X/sB/ =eEJg -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [newbie] Made a mistake in setup
Dennis Angell wrote: When i installed Linux Mandrake i selected the wrong Video card and montior.. What can i do to be able to change these settings again ?? Dennis Angell Hi, Dennis, From the console, do 'xf86config'. This will guide you through the X configuration. The important things you need to know to run this are the horizontal and vertical refresh rates of your monitor, and the make and model of your video card. Good luck, Hidong
Re: [newbie] Made a mistake in setup
Dennis Angell wrote: When i installed Linux Mandrake i selected the wrong Video card and montior.. What can i do to be able to change these settings again ?? Dennis Angell I'm assuming that your machine is coming up in runlevel 5 graphical mode and you cannot see it due to your wrong choice?? Ok. Boot Linux again. when you see lilo: type " linux 3 " with out the quotes. And don't take all day. you only have a few seconds. This will boot you into linux without X. Login as root, then do Xconfigurator. This will allow you to choice the right video setting. Then reboot. Alan -- == [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) running Linux Mandrake 6.1 and/or BeOS.
