Thanks, Lee. I did this earlier and see the sh-2.04# prompt. Where would I look to reconfigure x (i.e, set it to a low resolution mode).
-----Original Message----- From: Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 10:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Newbie: Boot in text mode only Brian Lucas wrote: > X isn't starting on my laptop and just cycling through the start > sequence. How can I boot in just text mode without X? > Try booting into single usermode. Depending on the boot loader, you will need to alter the command line with the word "single". If using lilo you should be able to do: boot: linux single -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list