Subject: Re: Help! (XF86config messed up)
From: Ed Jaeger (ed.jaeger@bgcorp.com)
Date: Tue May 16 2000 - 13:27:06 MDT
If you are booting via BootX you can put the argument "3" first to start
in CL mode. For me this would make the BootX box look like
3 video=atyfb:vmode:19,cmode:16
If things are really messed up (doubtful from what you described) change
the 3 to 1 for single-user mode.
Using the 1.2 CD would require you to mount the partition containing
/etc (somewhere) then edit /etc/inittab. The above method is easier
unless your libraries, etc. are totally hosed.
> Stephen Paullada wrote:
>
> OK here's another stupid newbie trick that I got myself into:
>
> I was messing with the monitor resolutions in XF86Config and
> apparently screwed them up. My inittab is set to ID:5 to launch X on
> boot. Now when I reboot, X trys to launch, can't find a valid monitor
> sync/resolution and then relaunches itself in an endless loop. How do
> I get the server to just launch at the command line so I can fix the
> XF86 config file using a text editor. I tried the YDL 1.2 rescue
> disk, but I obviously don't know how to navigate to the correct file
> to edit. It only lets me look at files on the CD, not my linux HD.
> Any suggestions short of a complete re-install? Thanks in advance for
> your time.
> -SLP
-- Ed Jaeger, CFO, Bohlender Graebener Corporation ed.jaeger@bgcorp.com http://www.bgcorp.com --- "You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses."- Tom Wilson
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