Subject: Re: starting up
From: Genisis (ajuhasz@home.com)
Date: Mon Jan 08 2001 - 20:50:13 MST
try:
control-apple-F(1-7)
1-6 being text prompts 7 is x windows
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Moore" <samiwas@macconnect.com>
To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: starting up
> On 1/8/01 at 3:58 AM, yellowdoggeneral@operamail.com (John STEINBERGER)
wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I'm new to this mailing list. I would like to ask first: is there any
place
> > (on
> > the yellow dog site for instance) I can find a searchable archive of
this
> > list?
> http://lists.yellowdoglinux.com/ - scroll down to the bottom.
> > Now my question concerns start-up. I have moderately successfully
> > installed YDL on my computer, since I've been able to boot it once
(though
> > not in windowsX or startX--the visual window mode).
> Default is to boot to Runlevel 3, which is set up to be text-only. This is
> actually a lot safer since if you have X problems at least you can get to
a
> working interface. If you're booting straight into X (Runlevel 5) if X is
hosed
> you've got no way to control the machine (at least locally).
>
> Sam Moore <smoo@lungta.org>
> dba Windhorse Studio * Maps & Information Design
>
> Personal: http://www.lungta.org (not ready yet)
> For the clan: http://smhtf.lungta.org
> Work: http://www.ewcreative.com
>
> "Good and bad, happy and sad, all thoughts vanish into
> emptiness like the imprint of a bird in the sky."
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