VPC machine on an IBM Thinkpad x-term video problem

From: J Burford Fields (jbfields3_at_gmail.com)
Date: 09/30/05 

Date: 30 Sep 2005 09:55:19 -0700

Just tried to install White Box Linux in a VPC machine on an IBM
Thinkpad. I took the defaults and it came up in X mode and obviously
is not right for the video and screen--unusable.

I can re-install, but it took a LONG time to install. Isn't there a
way to switch to text-only mode at startup?

Next question: Although I use to be a UNIX admin (circa 1985), it's
been years, and I just barely got Red Hat to find the wireless access
to Internet on another machine, I'm at a loss for what video settings
would work on this machine, and how to change them once install has
been completed.

J

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