haha. You're right. Sorry about that! Art
> > Arthur my dear boy, I fear you're a little too used to asking the distro > question. Check out the title (: > > On Monday 29 September 2003 01:34 pm, Arthur Moore wrote: >> Distro? Redhat has redhat-config-xfree86 which works well >> reconfiguring > >> maybe none of this is working, in which case you'll probably need to >> use the rescue mode on your linux distro, or a knoppix cd. > > Good advice. > You definately need to get your keyboard working again, posthaste. > Anything > that lets you boot up and fix your xf86 config file should prove handy. > Aside from that, could you describe what you mean by your mouse "not > working?" Is there a visible pointer? Do you mean that there is no > visible effect at all from doing stuff with the mouse, or that weird > things happen when you move it? > >> > Is there a way that I can boot Linux without loading >> > X? > > Aside from ctrl-alt-f1 or using linux text or something from lilo, if > you can > get to your /etc/inittab file you can change the one line from > > 'id:5:initdefault:' to 'id:3:initdefault' > > You've got available the following runlevels, as explained in many > places (including /etc/inittab): > > # Default runlevel. The runlevels used by Mandrake Linux are: > # 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this) > # 1 - Single user mode > # 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have > networking) # 3 - Full multiuser mode > # 4 - unused > # 5 - X11 > # 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this) > > Good luck. > > > -James Nickerson > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies -- "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." --Albert Einstein _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
