Re: Linux 9 Bug/Black Screen?

From: WarpKat (nospam_at_nointegrity.org)
Date: 06/07/04 

Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 13:04:12 -0700

da wrote:

>>
>> You should be able to get a text mode shell by pressing CTRL-ALT-F1.
>> Actually, F1 through F6 should give you new text shells. CTRL-ALT-F7
>> brings you back to X.
>>
>> When in one of the CTRL-ALT-Fn shells, become super user and edit
>> /etc/inittab. Find the section that looks something like:
>>
>
> At what point during point can I press these keys? Do I wait until I see
> the text mode login prompt (just before the graphical shell *tries* to
> come up).
>
> Please advise!

Once the graphical mode comes up, you should be able to get to a regular CLI
by doing CTRL+ALT+F6 or whatever F# is set for a standard terminal.

This will allow you to login normally in text mode to fix your problem. 

-- 
<Petter>It's a bug
<X-Winger2>I refuse to believe XP has any bugs ;P
<X-Winger2>well
<X-Winger2>Except it won't let me see my hard drive right now

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