Sorry, guess I didn't make it clear. I can not log in because my monitor cannot show the video at the current resolution. It goes black as soon as the X video driver starts. I can momentarily see the console prompt but I can not get logged in quick enough before X windows starts and my screen immediately goes black with the message to choose a different resolution/refresh rate. I have access only to the boot prompt. Any ideas? BTW, I am running RedHat 8.0 on an Intel Pentium 4 system. Thanks, Stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Stevens" <tellurye@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 10:22 PM Subject: Re: bypass X startup at boot > 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 > _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com
