Subject: Re: Help! (XF86config messed up)-Thanks!
From: Stephen Paullada (paullada@pacbell.net)
Date: Wed May 17 2000 - 11:13:53 MDT
Thank you to all responses for all the help. Simply putting a "3" in the kernel argument from Boot X stopped X from launching. I was able to edit the XF86Config file from there and solved the problem. THANKS AGAIN GUYS! -SLP
----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen Paullada
To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 11:39 AM
Subject: Help! (XF86config messed up)
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
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