I assume you are working on the right file that is /etc/inittab. vi /etc/inittab --> make changes --> :wq --> reboot. Then remove all xfree packages Garrett Jochimsen wrote: >But, once I make the changes for the id:3:initdefault, how do I save the >changes, there is no sample in the help file? I did everything except for >saving? > >Garrett Jochimsen >IT Department >Documation LLC >715-552-5791 >garrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >-----Original Message----- >From: xfree86-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xfree86-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf >Of Alfred Hovdestad >Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 2:17 PM >To: xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: Just start over > >If you can't boot at all, there are two methods that I have used. First >if your distribution comes with a rescue CD, you can boot off of that. >In Redhat, you can boot off disk 1 and enter linux rescue. > >If you don't have a rescue CD, the procedure is a little more involved, >but not terribly difficult. If you are using grub as your bootloader, >you can enter an 'e' to edit the boot parameters when the grub menu is >displayed. On the line that begins kernel, press 'e' again to edit the >line and add the word single to the end of the line. That will boot >your system into single-user mode. > > >Once you have the rescue mode running, you can edit the file >/etc/inittab and change the following line: > >id:5:initdefault: > >to > >id:3:initdefault: > >and reboot. This will boot you into multi-user mode without X11. You >will then have your server running and you can tinker with X as you see fit. > > Alfred Hovdestad, RHCE > University of Saskatchewan > > > > >Garrett Jochimsen wrote: > > >>Hello there, I just want to get all programs associated with xfree86 off >>my linux server and try to install it from scratch. Is there any easy >>way to do this? I want to at least have my server up and running >>again. Thank you very much for a quick answer. >> >> >> >> >> >>Garrett Jochimsen >> >>IT Department >> >>Documation LLC >> >>715-552-5791 >> >>garrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >XFree86 mailing list >XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx >http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > >_______________________________________________ >XFree86 mailing list >XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx >http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
