Re: bypass X startup at boot
Christopher Keller <[email protected]>
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Assuming you are using GRUB, edit the boot line and append the word "single" at the end. This will boot you into single-user mode where you can change the X configuration by hand. --Chris On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 16:01, Stephen Liebbe wrote: > 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. > Assuming you are using GRUB, edit the boot line at startup and append the word "single" at the end. This will boot you into single-user mode where you can change the X configuration by hand. --Chris -- Homepage: http://interclypse.net Registered Linux user #215241 (http://counter.li.org/) _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list [email protected] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com