If you use LILO in text mode (you see "LILO: " prompt), type "linux 1" to boot into text mode. If you use LILO in graphics mode, you press some key combo to go to the text mode (ctrl-X, or just X, I think). This will boot Linux in text mode, where you can fix the problem from the command prompt.
As for how to fix the X problem, it depends on what the problem is. Go to a prompt as a regular user, and type "startx >& out". This creates a file called "out" with debugging info. See what that file says. -Mark On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Help!!! > I'm having problems logging into my computer. I shut it down to install > more RAM and then rebooted. Comp boots all the way to the text login, but > I dont have a chance to loging here because it is set to log straight into > x-windows first and then give a graphical login window. when it tries to > boot into x-windows, nothing shows up on the monitor. The monitor seems > as though it is turning on and off...or trying to switch resolutions. > When I ctrl-alt-del to restart, the boot-down procedure couldn't shutdown > the x-font system. the error message read: > shutting down x-font system [failed] > so, I shutdown and took out the RAM I had just installed and booted back > up. The same thing happened again. > Apart from the obvious issue of how can I boot back into KDE, I'm not sure > how to stop the boot procedure from trying to load x-windows on startup. > Then at least i could log onto the computer. > I know this probably sounds very vague, but I dont know what more > information I can give. does anybody have any idea what might be going > on? I would prefer not to have to reinstall! > thanks > Kai > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Mark K. Kim http://www.cbreak.org/mark/ PGP key available upon request. _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
