RE: recent install

["Mark Knecht" <mknecht controlnet com>]

Rick,
   Thank you for once again posting this info. I was looking for it again
the other day and couldn't locate that last copy I save in my Rick Stevens
folder.

   May I ask a question about this?

   I've done a number of 7.3 installs lately playing with new alsa software.
When I run Xconfigurator in the install, but then tell it not to start in
graphics mode, I get id:3:initdefault. If I tell it to start in graphics
mode, then I get id:5. All of this is OK. So far... I think...

   The question comes from this set of events. If I start the machine in
runlevel 3, login, and then type startx, I go into x windows just fine. When
I open an xterm and type runlevel, it tells me N 3.

   My question is "Am I doing something wrong in terms of running programs
if I'm in X but in runlevel 3?"

   Does this make sense?

Thanks,
Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: redhat-install-list-admin redhat com
[mailto:redhat-install-list-admin redhat com]On Behalf Of Rick Stevens
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 12:10 PM
To: redhat-install-list redhat com
Subject: Re: recent install


Joel Valladarez wrote:
> i need to change the video resolution it hangs when it goes into x-windows
> i believe the video was set too high 1000 x 800 16 bit
> how do i change it to low res like 800 x 600 256 colors
> and i gotta stop it from the bootup from starting xwindows off the bat
> anmy help would be greatly appreciated... thanks

At the boot: prompt, enter "linux single" to enter single user mode.
Then edit /etc/inittab and change the line that reads:

	id:5:initdefault:

to read

	id:3:initdefault:

Then enter "exit".  The system will come up in text mode.  Make your
changes, then edit /etc/inittab again to change the line back.  Then
enter "init 5" and the system will come up in graphic mode again.
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