Stephen, I believe you need to do this. This works for Red Hat BTW, what are u using? edit the file 'etc/inittab' and change it so it boots to level 3 instead of 5. Right now, it probably reads /etc/inittab blah blah blah ... id:5:initdefault change that line so it reads id:3:initdefault Just replace the 5 with a 3. That should get you all set. Obviously, You'll have to be logged in as root to make this change. HTH somewhat Tellurye ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Liebbe" <sliebbe@xxxxxxxx> To: <xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 7:01 PM Subject: bypass X startup at boot > I have set my display setting such that my monitor cannot display the > resolution/refresh. I cannot access the display setting panel to switch > back. Is it possible to bypass X startup at boot? What boot parameter allows > you to do this? I have tried "linux text" and "linux resolution=..." without > success. I believe these must be only available for install. > > I understand about run levels and that what I need to do is to run at a > lesser one, but don't know how to overide the default setting from the boot > prompt. Any help would be appreciated. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > xfree86-list mailing list > xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list > IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com > _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com
