On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 15:46, John Richard Smith wrote:Your are right, been some time since I had to do it and I had forgotten. thanks,
ed tharp wrote:
On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 14:09, John Richard Smith wrote:That's right, but how do you do it when you cannot get to a command prompt, I remember doing it some way with CD1 and the F1 route but cannot now rememebr how it's accomplished.
How do I restore xwindows monitor and video settings on bootup.as root, XFdrake should give you the ability to setup your display and
There is some way by typing XFdrake , but how , I think with CD1 ?
John
monitor, and it should last between boot ups. the way XFdrake displays
is different depending on what environment you are in when you launch
it.
I'm currently stuck locked out because I need to reset my xwindows graphics setting
before I can login. I cannot seem to get to a command line, Oh, well, never mind.
John
if you really don't want to know never mind then, but if it was me,,,, I would try starting linux by hitting the esc key at teh first lilo menu, typing "linux 3" should put you at run level 3 without Xwindows running, at a login prompt.
John
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