On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> Thanks for the info, but how do I close X to get to root? I can log out, but
> can't get out of the "desktop enviornment logon" screen. When I reset the
> computer it won't allow me root access anymore and tells me my hard drive was
> improperly unmounted. What do I do now, reinstall and try again? Thanks for
> any help.
> Chris
>
Nope.....go edit /etc/inittab and change the id:5:initdefault: to
id:3:initdefault: and then tell KDE you want to reboot. Then, you'll
reboot and log back into the command-line console, instead of X.
Then, to get to X, type "startx." I'm too lazy to edit my X-windows
configs to start at a preferred resolution/color depth, so I just
made an alias to "startx -- -bpp 16" in my .bashrc file and type the
alias (sx) when I want X. :-)
John
