Home > Archive > alt.os.linux > September 2002 > Re: How to switch Linux to graphics mode?





You are viewing an archived Text-only version of the thread. To view this thread in it's original format and/or if you want to reply to this thread please [click here]

Author Re: How to switch Linux to graphics mode?
Richard Adams

2002-09-30, 3:29 pm

In article <anabip$jib$1@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>, "Frodo"
<skydive@austin.rr.com> wrote:

> I set up RedHat's, first time. During setup I've made some changes to
> what it was suggesting by default; then it installed and all was OK but
> it went into text mode. Login, password; and then just command line. I
> thought I did something wrong, and removed those partitions, then just
> left free space for it. Before second install, the partitions looked
> like this: fat32, ntfs, fat32, [Extended - fat32, free space, ~7GB]. I
> haven't changed anything during setup, except I changed boot loader to
> LILO; setup was OK again, but again, after choosing Linux in LILO it
> goes to text mode. I believe the solution is very simple - probably just
> need to enter one command, but since I don't know commands there, I
> don't know what to do. Plizzz help.


Plizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz dont "cross post".
Secondly you said, i dont know commands BUT you changed things which were
"default", huum, redhat donated a lot of thought to please people like
you, the things that are default are "normally" what people want, anyway,
to answer your question;

Try 'startx' first, if you get a GUI then all is well, logout and edit
/etc/inittab and change the following;
id:3:initdefault:
To
id:5:initdefault:

save file now type init 5 on the command line.

The next time your computer reboots you will get the GUI automaticly.

I do not understand the rest of your explanation, lilo has NOTING to do
with the runlevel UNLESS you typed the number 3 at the lilo prompt after
the name from the boot image at bootime

>
>
>



--
Regards Richard
pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/
Sponsored Links





Free Braindumps | MCSE braindumps software forum

Copyright 2003 - 2008 examnotes.net