Re: basic question

[Sam Clegg <samc superduper net>]

On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 12:21:00PM +0100, Toby Jaffey wrote:
> WHen it loads, and the monitor goes nuts. Hit ctrl-alt-f1 then login on
> the console, swap the XF86Config and try again. You can switch VTs with
> ctrl-alt-f# (X usually starts on 7).

Actually this is very common problem.  When you have the init level set
to 5, X will repeatedly start and stop so you won't have time to log into 
a console.

To fix it you will need to reboot (you should be able to do a ctrl-alt-del
from a console before X kicks in again) and enter a lilo command like:
LILO: linux 1 or
LILO: linux 3 

This will boot you into a run level that doesn't load X and give you time
to change and test you setup.   

In future, don't go to runlevel 5 without a tested configuration.
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