On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 08:29 -0500, David Mackintosh wrote: > On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 11:20:25AM -0500, Don wrote: > > > I installed Fedora Core 3 to boot to graphics mode by default but it can't > > understand my graphics card and so hangs on boot. How do I use the boot > > loader to boot into text mode? > > If you get stuck with a screen that doesn't understand your monitor/videocard > combination, you can always switch back to text mode with CTRL-ALT-F8, then > ALT-F1. Hi, you can directly switch by CTRL+ALT+F1 without using CTRL-ALT-F8. > > This works even if your X display is working properly; I use it to get into > systems quickly when I don't need/want a full X session. > > To make the screen go back to X (assuming it is working), press CTRL-ALT-F7. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- Regards Joachim Backes Joachim Backes <backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> University of Kaiserslautern,Computer Center, High Performance Computing, D-67653 Kaiserslautern, PO Box 3049, Germany -------------------------------------------------- Phone: +49-631-205-2438, FAX: +49-631-205-3056 http://hlrwm.rhrk.uni-kl.de/home/staff/backes.html
