On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 09:01:02AM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 02:41:59PM +0000, Mudiaga Otokpeya wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I installed fedora core in some of my client systems > > in my cafe. Which went on fine, but at some point in > > time I decide to change the unprobed monitor type to a > > generic crt type with 1240x746. > > > > Now the system cannot boot to X window environment > > becuase of the wrong setting of the display. I dont > > want to reinstall the OS. Is there anything I can do > > to change the display setting before it boots to the X > > server just like Safe Mode in Windows. > > Yes. > > Use GRUB's boot editing facility to add "init=3" to the command line > for the kernel. E.g: > And to avoid all this in the future, see: "So Your Monitor Died", http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5405 -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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