On 08/15/2010 09:11 PM, James McKenzie wrote: <snip> > Does it take a LONG time to boot into X or did I do something wrong? determined by cpu speed, memory, hdd speed, and a few other things. > And what can I do to revert the inittab back so I can mess with this > file some more (actually key it into submission.) you can press <tab> or <esc> to interrupt boot screen. at menu prompt, press <e> to edit, cursor down to line starting with "kernel", press <e>. cursor will be at end of line, press <space> then <1> then <enter> then <b>. you will boot to 'level 1'. at 'root' user prompt: cd /etc vi inittab press down arrow key to line with 'id:5:initdefault:', move cursor with right arrow key to '5', press <r> key, press <3> key. to write/save, and exit, press in sequence ':wq' with out ''. this will change 'id:5:initdefault:' to 'id:3:initdefault:' and thereafter system will boot to command line login. while at 'level 1', type in "init 3<enter>" to start 'level 3', login. when logged in, "cd /etc/X11", "su", make what ever changes you wish to 'xorg.conf'. save file. enter 'exit' or press <ctrl+c> to return to 'user'. entering 'startx' will start "X" server. hth. -- peace out. tc,hago. g . **** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it. to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ ****
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