On Thursday 22 Apr 2004 4:05 pm, Charles Landau wrote: > >Elvio Caruana wrote: > >>Charles, > >> > >>When X starts and fails, press CRTL+ALT+F1 to go to console mode. > >>Log in as root, then edit /etc/inittab with your favourite editor. > >> > >>You probably didn't know that you can go to a console by > >>CTL+ALT+F[1-6] .. and that will solve you many problems. > > > >*He said he can't boot. Thus he can't edit inittab* > > Right. I actually did know about CRTL+ALT+F1, but once in console > mode I don't get a login prompt. > In that case, have a look at /etc/inittab. You should see something like 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1 once per vertual console, usually from 1 to 5 - it may be that console 1 is missing. This is common to prevent it stamping on bootup messages. Try doing CTRL+ALT+F2 instead. > >The easiest way is at the fedora splash menu > > In my case that would be GRUB. > > >press "a" > > > >then add " 3 " to the end of the line and boot to run level 3. > > Thanks, that works. Now I'm able to start debugging my X problem. This is designed as a one-off solution. If you want a perminant solution, edit /etc/inittab as described in other posts. > > >Now you can do what is needed to get X to run, simply use "startx" > >to test it and "ctr-alt-bksp" to kill the server for the test. > >Once it is running properly just reboot back to the graphics mode. -- Gary Stainburn This email does not contain private or confidential material as it may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000
