use c-a-F1 to switch to a virtual console, run xf86config from there. tim
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Merante [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 2:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: X config problem causes me to have reinstall entire > OS--!!newbie warning!! > > Is there a keystroke combination that will prompt the > boot commands and allow me to skip the load X windows > command? > > (BTW, if I have posted this on a non-newbie list, I > apoloogize and I will seek help elsewhere) > > After I have configured X and go to run it, my monitor > goes blank and the green light on the monitor turns to > a yellow light (no signal). > > No problem, reboot and run xf86config again until I get > the setting correct, right? > > Wrong. Everytime I boot after I have killed my screen, > the OS skips right over the prompt and goes right into > the blank screen. > > Now I have no doubt that this is my fault and perhaps > even the fault of my vid card and I can live with > having to rectify it. > > But I don't want to reinstall the system each time I > change the config! I don't even mind going in to the > file and changing things manually, if only I could get > to a command prompt before my screen goes black! > > There has got to be a keystroke combination that will > prompt the boot commands and allow me to skip the load > X windows command. > > Right...? > Right.......? > > > Please help, > > Thanks > > > -- > Jim Merante > Utility Trailer Mfg. > Dealer Information Systems Administrator > 626-854-7341 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
