There have been several good answers. Linux startup and system
initialization is different depending on the distribution. Red Hat uses
runlevel 3 for command line, and runlevel 5 for GUI. SuSE uses runlevels
2 and 3 respectively, and Debian uses a configuration file. In all cases, if
you boot into single user mode with LILO, you get the command line
login. When I ran Debian, I manually set up the runlevels to much with
the configuration files. In the classic single user mode, the root partition
is normally set to read-only. If your /usr files system is part of the root
partition, the simply boot into single user mode:
at the LILO prompt, assuming Linux is the name used:
LILO: linux S
Once in single user mode you can remount root as read-write using the
mount command:
/sbin/mount -o rw -remount /
I'm doing this from memory so it might be a bit different.
Then mount your /usr file system if needed. You can run one of the
various X configurators (normally in /usr/bin/X11):
xconfigurator - Red Hat
sax - SuSE
XF86Setup - all.
Test your configuration by doing a startx before you set Linux to boot into
the GUI. When X is running:
ctl-alt-backspace - exits the display manager.
ctl-alt-+ or ctl-alt-- - switch between modes.
If you startx x manually exiting the dispplay manger returs to prompt.
Otherwise if you are in one of the GUI runlevels, ctl-alt-backspace will
return to the login manager.
Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Associate Director
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org
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