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| Thread ID: 39401 | 2003-11-05 19:11:00 | Linux help please...... | ilikelinux (1418) | Press F1 |
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| 189447 | 2003-11-05 19:11:00 | I need to know where the x config files are kept in redhat. | ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 189448 | 2003-11-05 19:28:00 | /etc/X11/XF86Config try: redhat-config-x or something to that effect also :-) Updating drivers by any chance? ;-) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 189449 | 2003-11-05 19:29:00 | i knew u would know. i will try it when i get home. |
ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 189450 | 2003-11-05 19:53:00 | That is redhat-config-xfree86. | JohnD (509) | ||
| 189451 | 2003-11-05 21:46:00 | na... not drivers, set the resolution to high and it didn't work. it does the same in mandrake too. |
ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 189452 | 2003-11-05 22:58:00 | ;-) Been there many times myself. A little tip for playing with the XF86Config file: As root, edit: /etc/inittab Change where it says: id:5:initdefault: to say: id:3:initdefault: This'll get you booting into runlevel 3, or a GUI'less setup. From there, make a backup of your XF86Config file: cp /etc/X11/XF86Config /root/XF86config.backup Now edit til your hearts content, using: startx each time to get the GUI (Dont forget if you're root it might pay to "exit" or use another console to login as yourself and get your users desktop etc). If it complains, its not hard to go back and edit it.. When you're done, re-edit the /etc/inittab and replace the 3 with a 5 and you're back to a GUI when you reboot. Just something that's saved me and a few others a lot of stress over the time with XF86Config editing ;-) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 189453 | 2003-11-06 00:12:00 | Instead of editing inittab every time, if u have grub just press e on the entry to edit, edit the line which loads the kernel and type single at the end of it, you'll have to do it each time you want to go straight to the command line tho. | rsnic (3780) | ||
| 189454 | 2003-11-06 02:55:00 | how do i boot into runlevel 3? | ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 189455 | 2003-11-06 03:52:00 | You don't have to boot into runlevel 3, you can boot into single user mode as well. Basically to do this when grub shows up press e to edit the commands for booting linux kernel. should look something like this: root (hd1,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-20.9 ro root=LABEL=/1 hdd=ide-scsi initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.20-20.9.img scroll to second line and add single to the end then enter then it should look like this: root (hd1,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-20.9 ro root=LABEL=/1 hdd=ide-scsi single initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.20-20.9.img then press b to boot. |
rsnic (3780) | ||
| 189456 | 2003-11-06 04:07:00 | But there's not usually much point to that unless you need to fix some serious system problem. If you're working on getting X-Window going properly it will be much easier to use the "emergency exit" from X-Window -- Ctrl/Alt/Backspace -- when necessary, and startx to restart it after making changes to the configuration. Single user mode isn't needed for that. | Graham L (2) | ||
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