Re: Install problems
From: Robert M. Riches Jr. (spamtrap42_at_verizon.net)
Date: 01/25/04
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Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 23:24:18 GMT
In article <buur1i$h1v$3@ngspool-d02.news.aol.com>, N6BAH wrote:
> 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.
Sorry for forgetting the first part of the thread. I don't
remember whether you are just trying to install or whether
you finished installation and are now trying to boot the
installed system.
If the latter, installation finished and trying to boot the
installed system, use the installation CD and boot into
rescue mode. Mount your normal root partition on
/mnt/sysimage or something else useful. Edit /etc/inittab
to change the '5' to '3' on the initdefault line. Unmount
the normal root partition. Then, when you boot the normal
system, you should get a text console, from which you can
debug X.
Once booted into runlevel 3, if X hoses up,
ALT-CTRL-Backspace will kill the X server and return you to
a text console. Or, you can do ALT-CTRL-F{1,2,3,4,5,6} to
get a text console while X continues to run.
If the X server is taking down the kernel with it, one thing
to try is to comment out the 'Load "dri"' line in the
modules section.
Good luck.
Robert Riches
spamtrap42@verizon.net
(Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)
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