Hello
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Joseph (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
>>> I must have don't some configuration incorrectly as I can not read
>>> any fonts on the screen.
>>> Ctrl+Alt+1 is showing the same unreadable fonts.
>>
>> <CTRL><ALT>F1 gets you from X Window to the console. <CTRL><ALT>F7
>> gets you back to X.
>>
>>> Lilo will not prompt at boot time either.
>>
>> Edit /etc/lilo.conf. man lilo. I use grub and no longer remember
>> lilo stuff.
Kind of dificult to edit the file if you can't read the letters on the
screen. It is somehow possible to make lilo ask you (I think some key
combination was named here on the list recently, maybe SHIFT+TAB). When
getting lilo to prompt, enter "Linux init S". This will enter single
user mode, and XFree will not be started. You can also boot from one of
the installation CDs. Enter for example "rescbf24 root=somedev init s"
when using the first CD to use the 2.4 rescue kernel.
> My problem is that <CTRL><ALT>F1 is showing the same "garbage" on the
> screen as <CTRL><ALT>F7
>
> I think I have to un-install X-server along with configuration files
> and reinstall it again.
No, you don't have to. Repair your configuration using
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
> What is the command to un-install X-server along with config files.
apt-get --purge remove xserver.* xfonts.*
There are some more packages, install and try deborphan to find and
remove them. However the main configuration file belongs to
xserver-xfree86.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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