[wplug] Booting without XServer

[jsbillings at mac.com]

If X is running, you can get back to the text console with
control-alt-shift-F1 (F1 is the first console, there are typically 6
text consoles, and X is on thesevent, i.e. hit control-alt-F7 to get
back to X).  Also, you can have the server always stay in the text
console by changing the default init runlevel in /etc/inittab, from:

id:5:initdefault:

to

id:3:initdefault:


On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 16:30, Jonathan Colby wrote:
> OK, I am a 'brand new' Linux user (last couple of months), and new to
> Unix and Unix-like systems in general, so bear with me.  I have an IBM
> Passive Backplane server that I loaded RedHat 7.1 on some months ago. 
> It has been running very well.  I downloaded the RedHat V8.0 ISO
> images off one of their mirror sites, placed in the file system,
> created a new install disk by using rawrite and the boot.img file from
> Version 8.0, booted from that diskette, ran the 'Upgrade' when I got
> to that location, upgrade from hard disk, pointed to the image files
> on the file system etc,.etc..  Anyway, the upgrade worked, I created a
> new boot disc, and then the system prompted me to reboot (after saying
> the upgrade was successful).  I have the system set up to
> automatically start XServer, and do a graphical login.  When the
> system rebooted the first time, it said it could not run XServer, and
> gave me an opportunity to reconfigure the display properties (which I
> did, and thought I did correctly).  After exiting the display
> properties configuration the system appears to run XServer, then my
> screen goes completely blank.  I've rebooted several times, and each
> time the same thing.  Appears to be booting normally all the way to
> where XServer is to start just before my graphical login....then the
> screen goes black.  I think I probably need to run xf86config, but I
> can't get to a shell to do it!  Is there any way I can 'boot to
> a command prompt', so to speak.  Boot to a BASH shell without starting
> XServer??  Any help would be GREATLY appreciated, thanks!
>  
> Jonathan 
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Jonathan S Billings <jsbillings at mac.com>