Re: Install problems

From: N6BAH (BrittNOSPAMDickson_at_cs.com)
Date: 01/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:12:34 -0800

Unfortunately, none of what you've suggested works: I've tried them all. My
monitor goes into
standby as though it has no video signal. I can use ctrl-alt-del to at least
shutdown some
processes (I can tell by watching the HD LED), but it won't reboot.

Britt Dickson

"Bill Marcum" <bmarcum@iglou.com.urgent> wrote in message
news:6o38e1-ttb.ln1@don.localnet...
| ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.]
| On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 01:06:26 -0800, N6BAH
| <BrittNOSPAMDickson@cs.com> wrote:
| > Doesn't booting directly into X leave you up the creek if and when X fails?
|[snipped]
| ctrl-alt-f1 should put you into a console where you can log in and shutdown
| properly. For that matter, ctrl-alt-del should shutdown the system (if X is
| running, you may have to ctrl-alt-backspace or ctrl-alt-f1).
|
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| Absurd Procrustean Egghead Cornstarch Variant Bill Marcum