Very Computer

by **Giles Harne** » Thu, 28 Nov 2002 12:10:08

Newbie here, so apologies in advance.

Just installed 8.0.

I must of specified incorrect refresh settings as when the GUI mode starts
up the screen is unreadable.

How can I boot into command line (console?) mode only so that I can rerun
the Xconfigurator?

Thanks,
-Giles

by **Steve Marti** » Thu, 28 Nov 2002 20:02:21

Quote:> Just installed 8.0.

> I must of specified incorrect refresh settings as when the GUI mode starts
> up the screen is unreadable.

> How can I boot into command line (console?) mode only so that I can rerun
> the Xconfigurator?

Try hitting CTRL-Alt-F1 ... this should get you to a text screen.
From there you can log in as root and use the 'telinit 3' command
to shut down the GUI. You should then be able to reconfigure.
When you're done reconfiguring, test your work with 'startx'.
If 'startx' gives a bad display, get out of it with CTRL-Alt-Backspace
and try reconfiguring again.

Once you have a workable configuration, type 'telinit 5' and you
should be up and running.

Hope this helps.

--
Steve Martin, CPBE CBNT

by **bens** » Thu, 28 Nov 2002 20:13:25

[Tue, 26 Nov 2002 22:10:08 +0000] quoth Giles Harney:

Quote:> I must of specified incorrect refresh settings as when the GUI mode starts
> up the screen is unreadable.

> How can I boot into command line (console?) mode only so that I can rerun
> the Xconfigurator?

Hi Giles,
Try hitting CTRL+ALT+1 to switch to tty1. If you are having problems
with your X configuration, you can edit /etc/inittab and comment out the
line that causes the X desktop manager to run at boot, then restart the
init process.

# Run xdm in runlevel 5
# xdm is now a separate service
# x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon

Theres probably a much neater way to do this. HTH
B

by **Giles Harne** » Thu, 28 Nov 2002 23:13:24

Thanks Steve and bens for your replies.

I will be sure to try this out when I get home today.

and for my next question;

NAT.

The purpose of this box is to do NAT for my home network.

I currently have a W2kpro box doing NAT via ICS.
Id like to free up the box for something else.
It was very easy to configure.

Any pointers for configuring NAT on linux would be greatly appreciated.

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