Re: [newbie] boot to console

2000-07-24 Thread Chris Slater-Walker
Message - From: "Shahrimi Johan Noor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 6:06 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] boot to console > Have you tried other terminals eg by pressing ctrl-alt-F1, ctrl-alt-F2, > etc? > > &

Re: [newbie] boot to console

2000-07-24 Thread Kim White
Hi Goto to DrakConf in you Configuration -> Menu and run the X-Server Configuration(Should be the first option. When it asks if you want to boot to GUI say no and reboot. It worked for me. Kim - Original Message - From: linus nuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday,

Re: [newbie] boot to console

2000-07-24 Thread Anthony
I temporary solution is when LILO comes up, type in "linux 3" w/o quotes. A more permenant solution would be to change the "id:5:initdefault:" line in /etc/inittab to "id:3:initdefault:" > I just loaded 7.1 and chose for it to boot into GUI. How can I boot to > and/or power down to console mode?

Re: [newbie] boot to console

2000-07-24 Thread Shahrimi Johan Noor
Have you tried other terminals eg by pressing ctrl-alt-F1, ctrl-alt-F2, etc? >> Original Message << On 7/24/00, 7:38:51 AM, linus nuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding [newbie] boot to console: > I just loaded 7.1 and chose for it to boot into GUI. How can

Re: [newbie] boot to console

2000-07-24 Thread Shahrimi Johan Noor
Have you tried other terminals eg by pressing ctrl-alt-F1, ctrl-alt-F2, etc? >> Original Message << On 7/24/00, 7:38:51 AM, linus nuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding [newbie] boot to console: > I just loaded 7.1 and chose for it to boot into GUI. How can

RE: [newbie] boot to console

2000-07-24 Thread Ran Hooper
I'm not sure which file gets changed but Xconfigurator will allow you to change it as will linuxconf or webmin. It's one of the files in /etc/rc.d and you need to change the runlevel. Regards, Ran Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: linus nuby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] S

Re: [newbie] boot to console

2000-03-06 Thread Emilio Correa
Hi, I think you refer to the file /var/log/dmesg where you can review the mesagges. Good luck!! Date sent: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 21:09:51 +0100 From: Harald Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mandrake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send reply to: [EMAIL PROT

Re: [newbie] boot to console

2000-03-06 Thread Tom Berger
On 06-Mar-2000 Audrey Beck wrote: > Edit the messages log file in /tmp/log (or something close to that) On lilo boot prompt: linux init 3 This will boot the machine into console mode. Then hit SHIFT+PageUp to scroll upwards (or use 'dmesg | less' as already suggested. Regards tom > Pie

Re: [newbie] boot to console

2000-03-06 Thread Audrey Beck
Edit the messages log file in /tmp/log (or something close to that) Piero Caracciolo wrote: > > At 18:43 05/03/00 -0500, you wrote: > >dmesg | more > > > >Harald Wolf wrote: > > > > > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> how can a review the error messages that my new selfcreated kernel > >> produces on startu

Re: [newbie] boot to console

2000-03-05 Thread Ronald J. Yacketta
dmesg | more Harald Wolf wrote: > > Hi, > > how can a review the error messages that my new selfcreated kernel > produces on startup ? > or > how avoid start up xdm automatically after boot so i can step back with > "Shift-Up" to see the exact errormessages ?

Re: [newbie] boot to console

2000-03-05 Thread Rial Juan
On Mar 5 Harald Wolf wrote: > Hi, > > how can a review the error messages that my new selfcreated kernel > produces on startup ? dmesg (or if the list is too long: dmesg | less ) > or > how avoid start up xdm automatically after boot so i can step back with > "Shift-Up" to see the exact errorm