Hey Adam, thanks so much pal. Now, here's another question for you. Bear with me, i'm brand new at this linux stuff. What is a good text editer that i can use on this local console to edit this file? I'm going to have a lot fo questions for you, so bear with me. I think i did do that x windows thing by accident, so i'll hit control alt f2 when i want to switch to this new mode. Any good text editer that is pretty friendly? Thanks, Jed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Myrow" <amyrow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 5:18 PM Subject: Re: login issues with new install of redhat 8 > You probably had it start out in X windows by default. You are actually > at a graphical screen which has yet to be accessible. The good news is > that you can do something about it. Hit control-alt-F2 to switch to the > second virtual console. You should be able to read the login prompt here. > So, log in as root and edit the /etc/inittab file and change the default > runlevel to 3. The line would look something like "id:3:initdefault:" I > think it defaults to 4 in Redhat for X windows. run level 3 is text-only. > Or, you can just leave it alone and always use the virtual consoles 2 > through 6, but it takes longer to go into X than text mode, and if you > can't use it, there is really no point loading it. > > If you decide to reinstall redhat at some time, pay attention to the > question when it asks you if you want to start in graphical mode. Yes is > the default, so you need to change it to no or fix it after the fact. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >
