Re: startx in infinite loop

[Uncle Meat <kcsmart worldinter net>]

On Sun, 03 Sep 2000, you opined:
>
>hi ,
>         I recently installed linux on my partitioned hard disk. i had
>some  problem with
>  resolution; used Xconfigurator ; got my settings saved into config
>file. after this
>  linux prompted to test run x with a " click if u can see this"
>message  . i did.
>  then it asked if i wanted startx to run automatically the next time,
>i   said "yes";
>  it wrote to a FILE. now upon boot, the redhat logo screen, a  blue
>screen &
>  a black screen appear in  an infinite loop . i want to   undo changes
>  (about the  auto startx)in that " FILE" by logging as  "  Linux single
>" .
>  let me know its name.

/etc/inittab has a line something like

	id:5:initdefault:

Change the 5 to a 3, type 'init 3' or reboot to test it, and off you go.

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