Hi Michael, Thanks for your advice. It works without problem.
>From "Init 3" how to start xwindow # xwindow # service xwindow start # xwindow start Ctrl + Alt + F7 etc. could not work. Thanks in advance. B.Regards Stephen On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 00:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Message: 4 > >Subject: RE: XF86Config file question - Nvidia Driver > >From: "Stephen Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: 26 Aug 2003 16:43:56 +0800 > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Hi Michael, > > > >Thanks for your advice. > > > >My PC config as follows > >======================= > >CPU - Athlon 2.1G > >RAM - 512MB > >Graphic card - WinFast GeForce2 MX > >Memory - 32MB > >OS - RH8.0 > > > >I think I can use "AMD64". If I am wrong please correct me. > > As Roger mentioned in the last e-mail, if you download the wrong one then the > installation program will download the correct one. > > >I am not very experienced on "vi". Most time I use "mc" (midnight > >commander) for text editing. Anyway I will go through "vitutor" later. > >I know how to toggle between Init2 and Init5 after login, not booting > >straight to Init2 by changing "/etc/inintab" > > I use vi a lot just because I was taught vi many years ago. It is the standard text > editor for unix ans unix like systems. However if you can use midnight commander > then that is great!. What I meant was that you must know the basics for editing a > text file with a text editor, not necessarily that you MUST use vi... > > >Is there a simple way to boot straight to Init2 without changing > >"/etc/inintab? > > Actually you need to boot into mode 3 not 2. > > With redhat the default bootloader is GRUB. That is the one that I use. With GRUB > you can easily boot into text mode or any other mode that you want. Here is how I do > it... > > 1. Boot your computer into GRUB > 2. Choose the most recent kernel that you have on the list. > 3. Press the "e" key to edit the commands for that kernel before booting. > 4. On the next screen, choose the line that says "kernel /vmlinuz..." and press the > "e" key. > 5. At the END of the line of " grub edit > kernel /vmlinuz..." hit the space bar > once and type "init 3" without the (quotation marks of course) and then press > "enter" key. > 6. You should now be back at the previous screen and you should see "init 3" at the > end of the line. Now press the "b" key to boot into text mode! > > The next time you boot up the original configuration will be there. Nothing will > permantently changed. > > That is it! You have now successfully booted into mode 3 and are on your way to > becoming an expert! > > Sincerely, > Michael von Lehe To Get Your Own iCareHK.com Email Address? Go To www.iCareHK.com. -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
