Re: Install problems

From: Bill Marcum (bmarcum_at_iglou.com.urgent)
Date: 01/23/04


Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 12:54:46 -0500


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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?
>
> On my 9.0 system, I have a Radeon 7200 which should easily do 1280 by 1024,
> but it won't (does it easily in Winanything), and the only way to exit is
> ctrl-alt-del,
> then redhat-config-xfree86 --reconfig after checking the file system for errors.
>
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