Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:32:34 10/26/03
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On October 25, 2003 at 19:28:59, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On October 24, 2003 at 17:27:11, Russell Reagan wrote: > >>On October 24, 2003 at 16:26:58, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> >>>hello Christophe, >>> >>>as a big linux expert, and me a very poor amateur there, >>>i have next problem. >>> >>>my monitor broke down. 19'' IIYAMA (saw some postings from Bob here and while >>>laughing for them my head danged against the monitor). under linux i had running >>>1280x1024x100Hz vertical. >>> >>>my temporary replacement monitor cannot handle this frequency and tomorrow (so >>>in 10 hours) i want to play The King under linux and after that against Tiger. >>> >>>In windows it is very easy. i bootted and pressed while booting f8. then i >>>used 'boot VGA mode' and then i set there a new resolution, rebooted and it >>>booted fine. >>> >>>In linux i have no clue what to do. it automatically starts X here of course. >> >> >>I don't know if this is the best solution, but it should work. >> >>First boot linux into single user mode. If you use lilo, then at the boot prompt >>do this: >> >>boot: linux single >> >>If you use grub, then you will have to hit 'e' to edit the boot parameters, and >>add the word 'single' to the end of whichever line you want to boot. For >>instance, mine looks like this: >> >>kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi >> >>I changed it to this to get into single user mode: >> >>kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi single >> >>Then (if you're using grub) hit 'b' to boot whichever line you have selected. >> >>That should get you into single user mode. Then you can modify your XF86Config >>file (probably in /etc/X11/). You will probably need to modify the Monitor >>section and the Screen section to values that will work for the other monitor. >>man XF86Config or search the web if you need more help on that. >> >>Then you can go to run level 5 (graphical mode) by typing 'telinit 5' at the >>command line. Or you might want to go to run level 3 first (telinit 3), and do >>'startx' so that if your new settings don't work it will dump you back into run >>level 3 and you can go make other changes. >> >>I actually have my default run level set to 3, so that it always boots into run >>level 3 (text command line). Then I just have to type 'startx' to get into >>graphical mode. If something doesn't work I don't have to go through the trouble >>of booting into single user mode. > >The best solution is to boot into the console in the first place. <g> > >Dave All that is necessary is to edit /etc/inittab and change the "initdefault" to 3 (from 5). It will pop up in a text login then without starting XDM and X automatically. You can change initdefault back to 5 to get back to automatically starting X on the next boot. The line looks something like this: 5:id:initdefault change the 5 to 3 and you are still going to boot in multi-user, but you get a text login screen. You can always do a "startx" after you log in to get X up of course.
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