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On Wednesday 17 March 2004 20:15, you wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have a Pentium III 933 with 256 MB RAM and RedHat Linux 9 installed on a
> 2.1 HDD.
> I am using Win 2K boot loader to boot into Linux. (I have Win98 and Win2k
> also installed on this machine)
>
> Problem 1:
>
> Till about 2 days back I could boot into Linux and get the KDE GUI working.
> To go to the text mode I pressed some key combination, which I don't know.
> Now the problem is as follows:
>
> When I boot into Linux from the Win2k Boot manager, it goes thru the
> booting process and comes to the login prompt (text mode) after which the
> screen goes blank for a few seconds and comes back on again. This is
> repeated endlessly. In between these screen blinks, I managed to login as
> root and give a shutdown command, which shutdown the machine without any
> further screen blanking.
>
> What could have gone wrong and how do I recover from this problem without
> re-installing Linux, so that I can get KDE back again.
I think it is some incorrect probing of the monitor or the card. Run
redhat-config-xfree68.
> Query 1:
> How do I go to the text mode screen other than the terminal screen. What is
> the key combination?
Try CTRL+ALT+F{1-6}. To go back to X, type ALT-F{7-12} (depending on the
number of X displays running).
> Could somebody help me out please.
>
>
> Regards
> ---
> Narendra Nath S.
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>
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