> How do you get into single user mode??? At lilo prompt type: linux single Almost too easy? --Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: "carol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi Greg and Mwinold (I dont know your name, sorry), > Thank you for your help, I'll try all what you've said and I'll let you know > if it works. > I hope I can do all that, the typing is really difficult, I have to type > letter by letter taking care of when I have to type it or if not it doesn't > work, the hardest part is to type the password. > Just one more question: > How do you get into single user mode??? > > TIA > Carol^ > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En nombre de Greg Stewart > Enviado el: s�bado, 16 de septiembre de 2000 3:22 > Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Asunto: Re: [newbie] RV: Screen Problem, please help!!! > > > Strange... The S3's are fairly well supported cards... maybe you had > misconfigured your monitor and X went screwey from this? > > I'll assume you are(were) running XFree86 3.3.x. > > You'll want to edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file and look for the lines > that say "HorizSync xx-xxx" and "VertRefresh xx-xxx". You'll want to > change the values you see in x's. these are the ranges of Horisontal and > Vertical sync rates. > > I would try to find the correct ranges on the internet, or maybe they are > written on the back (of course, if you still have the manual, that would be > the first place to look). I looked on the internet, but the only pages I can > find with anything resembling specs for Olivetti monitors are in German, and > I cannot understand German. > > Anyway, if you can find the correct values, enter them in the XF86Config > file, and try to restart x. The monitors that i could find that had specs > following the names mentioned 64Khz... so I'd start with ranges that don't > go too far above that. At thr first sign of trouble, hit CTRL-ALT-Backspace, > and try something else. > > That's about as much as I can offer in this arena. > > --Greg > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > In a message dated 15-Sep-00 16:09:37 Central Daylight Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > << > > Hi everybody, > > I had my Linux working fine, only that I wanted to change the screen > > resolution to 800 x 600 (it was setup to 640 x 480 and some windows are > too > > big and I can't see the OK, CANCEL, HELP, CONNECT, etc... buttons and > can't > > change the size of some of those windows). So from DrakeConf I tried to > > change it to 800 x 600, and something terrible happened: > > the screen keeps blinking all the time and it won't start XWindows, it > stays > > in the login screen (text mode)and it's almost impossible to type > anything > > unless I do it very, very slowly and making sure I type each letter just > in > > the exact moment that it blinks, which is every 2 seconds approx. > > I've tried a new install of LM 7.0 (Air), but it hangs after it gets to > the > > second stage install. > > > > Is there a command or a way that I can get back into de screen > configuration > > again and change it back to where it was?(although its gonna be very > > difficult to type, but I don't mind trying) > > Or, > > Is it better to download (with W98) LM 7.1 and install it over the old > one? > > > > I've also tried to boot with the boot disk but no way, it doesn't work, I > > guess I didn't make it correctly. > > > > If someone could help me it would be really great. > > > > My pc is: > > Pentium 133mhz > > 2 hard drives (one with W98 and the other LM 7.0 (Air)-kernel 2.2.14-15) > > 24M of RAM > > CD-ROM OTI-Hermes 10x > > Monitor: Olivetti DSM 28-142 PS / LOW EMISSION > > Graphic Card (or whatever it's called): S3 Trio64V+ PCI(765) > > > > In Linux Mandrake list of Monitors the olivetti doen's show, so it was > set > > as Generic SuperVga something (I don't remember the rest) > > > > Another thing: I tried with another old Compaq Monitor I have lying > around > > unused, but exactly the same problem. > > > > TIA > > Carol^ > > > > P.S.: I was so happy with my Linux working, included the internet > > connection. I don't why I had to fiddle with the screen resolution, it > > wasn't so terrible. Now I don't know what to do!!!!!!! > > > > >> > > well you did what i did once for some reason the refresh rate is not > > configured properly the only way to fix it is to use the "xf86config" > program > > i dont know why they named it the same as the file it creates but ohwell, > the > > other way you might be able to do it is load linux in single user mode i > > believe you could also use failsafe in the grub menu it should work, at > the > > command prompt log in as root, type "login" just in case you havent loged > in > > like this my comp loads x at start up here you will have something like > > [$root@ /root] something like that i dont remember basically it says your > > loged as root and your current location, type "xf86config" and you will > have > > to select mouse keyboard, monitor and graphics card MAKE SURE you use the > > factory defaults in your selections anotherwords match the specs of your > > monitor and graphics card! > > > > OPTION #2 same as before but you are going to do some browsing instead of > > using xf86config, your going to type cd /etc/x11/ > > you may have to do some "ls" what your looking for is something like > > xf86config.old, > > your x11 folder may have more to the name like x11f86, unfortunately you > cant > > use console which color codes your text so you can be sure your opening a > > folder some things are just named wierd, you could try a text editor to > help > > you such as vim or emac > > > > have fun! > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > __ > Vous avez un site perso ? > 2 millions de francs � gagner sur i(france) ! > Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif > > > > ______________________________________________________________________________ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs � gagner sur i(france) ! 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