Re: [newbie] How do you access console mode from within X to changelilo.conf

[Alan Shoemaker]

Roman....I quote myself:

"Roman....so, something was wrong with x-windows and needed
fixing.  In a case like that there are key-combinations to try
(for instance ctl-alt-f2,f3,f4,f5 or f6 could have gotten you
to a console where you could login and re-run Xconfigurator to
fix the problem."  

Alan


Romanator wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> How do you access 'Console Mode' from within X windows? In addition, can
> I review and make modifications from the desktop i.e. checking my RAM. I
> think the command line is:   /sbin/lilo.conf
> 
> Should this be done from ' root ' ?
> 
> I have an IDE drive. Should I type in:
> append=hda=ide_scsi mem=128M
> 
> Roman