Re: Display Problems

On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 18:30:58 -0700, Valentin Guillen wrote:

> On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 00:53:29 +0000, Ash wrote:
>
>
>> ive run into a little problem.
>> no matter what console i use or what directory im in, it keeps saying
>> "-bash:init:command not found".
>> is there a special way of typing this or is it simply "init 3". ash.
>
> Whoa.....STOP.
>
> Take the time to REREAD what I posted earlier.
>
> You SHOULD NOT be even where you have a bash prompt!!!!!!!
>
> What I posted was that BEFORE your machine even booted into Linux, you
> should have typed
>
> init 3
>
> AT THE SCREEN before YOUR MACHINE EVER EVEN BOOTED INTO LINUX!!!!!

What's your problem?

There is no need to reboot to get to init 3. From the badly configured GUI
Ctrl-Alt-F(n) will get a console. Log in as root, give the root password,
and type init 3. You need to be root to run the configuration tools and
save the resulting file to /etc/X11.

--
imotgm
"Lost? Lost? I've never been lost... Been a tad confused for a
month or two, but never lost."


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