When this happens, boot with "linux single" and then edit /etc/inittab
and change the runlevel to 3. Then use startx to diagnose the trouble .
. .
Gavin Clark wrote:
>
> > ... in the
> > process of changing IPs I somehow managed to screw up Linux.
> >
> > It will boot, go thru is startup scripts then stick when KDM window should
> > come up and then do nothing. I can't even get a console to check things
> > out. If I can get to a consle via a floppy boot, I have no idea what to fix
> > to get X working.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> This happened to me too - X went blank when I started it and I coulnd't even
> get another console to kill it.
>
> All I could think of was to get the cd and do an 'upgrade' - in the
> installer I fiddled with the X confg part to force it to overwrite the X
> settings but left everything else alone. it came up fine after that. If I
> did it now I would try to start it in run level 3 (dosen't start X at boot
> time) and run drakX or whatever it's called to make new X settings.
>
> >>Should also be able to type "linux 3" at the LILO prompt to
> >>boot (one time) to runlevel 3.
> >> John
>
> Gavin
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