Hi,
I am the person who originally posted this question. I missed the original answers
because of problems with my Mac beta version of AOL :-( so I repost it:
The problem I have is that I want to install Mandrake 7 on a laptop (LCD display).
I test the settings for X windows during the installation, but when I reboot and X
starts, the display kind of "melts" (yes, this is frightening to look at). The
reason: because I have a line to edit in some file (vga = 794) to have it work.
But I can't do that without a screen, right ? That's why I'd like to boot in the
console mode.
HOWEVER, I have never been able to obtain the dialog "do want to start with X ?"
(or something similar) to answer NO during the install. As soon, as I accept the
settings for X, the installation jumps to another item (I think I have a fraction
of a second to see the question, but I don't even see the dialog window).
So, of course I can't try the suggestion below, and after 3 reinstallation and 3
screen melting, I don't dare retrying anything.
Any suggestions ?
Thanks in advance.
Xavier.
Lane Lester wrote:
> Michael Scottaline said:
> > Absolutely NO need to reinstall!!
> > Even to permanently switch to a non X boot (which I do not believe the
> > original poster was looking to achieve), a reinstallation is not necessary.
> A
> > simple edit of /etc/inittab will change the runlevel
> > id:5:initdefault
> > Just change the 5 to a 3
>
> I hope the person who posted the original inquiry will try this and report
> back. My impression is that the people who advise the above (not just you,
> Michael) did not actually install their own Mandrake to run X automatically. I
> did so, and when I wanted to discontinue the autostart, making the above change
> did not have any effect. I am engaged in a long thread on the Mandrake Expert
> list about this, and there is still no understanding about the cause of the
> phenomenon. I got X to quit autostarting by commenting out the last line of
> inittab, but that only breaks the runlevel system.
>
> I hope no one will be offended, but this problem for me has gone on for a very
> long time, and I'm tired of it. So I will only continue participating in the
> investigation on the Expert list (not that I'm an expert, by any standard).
> --
> Lane
> ____
> Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
> Using Linux to get where I want to go...
