Thanks to all for your replies. The switching of run levels was the answer to my problem. On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 18:14, Rob Brown-Bayliss wrote: > On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 13:04, Shawn Mahon wrote: > > > Edit your /etc/inittab to say this > > A simpler method, well two actually. > > 1) at boot, from the grub screen press a, this will let you edit the > kernel parameters, add a 3 to the end of the list and boot into text > mode. > > or: > > 2) press ctrl-alt-F1, this will swap to a text screen, log in as root. > at the prompt type telinit 3 and press enter. this will shut down all X > sesions. install your drivers, then type telinit 5 which will restart X > and gdm. > > just to be safe, after changing your X config, type startx and make sure > it works before doing telinit 5. > > -- > Rob Brown-Bayliss > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Despite the cost of living, it remains a popular pastime. > ________________________________________________________________________ -- Thanks, Tom Sapp http://www.sappsworld.com
