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Thanks Andy,
that was the key combo I was trying to remember from the
last time I installed a Red Hat distribution (about 2 years ago). Ctrl-Alt-BKSp
does work for two secons going into text-mode login but then jums right back
into graphics mode. A good thing is that the first screen (could be a welcome
screen) is bypassed and you are asked to log in. As I log in as root, the system
authenticates me and I'm entered into root's environment. But I'm still in
graphics(blurred/broken) mode and I don't know/can't seee how to open a terminal
window to access XFsetup or edit the config file directly. If I hit
Ctrl-Alt-BKSp again, the system goes back to text-mode log in for two secs and
then loads graphics mode and waits for me to log in, starting the whole thing
over again...
>> is there a way to stop X running and edit
the VGA card, without having to
>> re-install from scratch -and learn something in the process :-) ? > >Generally, X can be stopped by pressing [CTRL]-[ALT]-[BACKSPACE] and >you may be dumped to a terminal. I don't know if this is what would >happen on VirtualPC, though. > >If you can get to the XFree86Config file, you can change the Driver >line to "vesa" and your X server should use a VESA driver. > >HTH. > >-Andy |
