Panic! cant' log on to linux

Shelagh Manton oneida at tpg.com.au
Tue Mar 22 02:24:16 UTC 2005


Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com> wrote in message
news:423F63F2.3090201 at vitalstream.com...
> Shelagh Manton wrote:
[snip]
> Try booting in single user mode, then run
>
> system-config-display --reconfig
>
> to fix your X setup.  If you don't know how to boot in single user mode:
>
> 1. Select your kernel from the grub display and hit "e".
>
> 2. Scroll down to the line that starts with "kernel" and hit "e" again.
>
> 3. Add " single" to the end of the line (yes, a space, then the word
> "single") and hit ENTER.
>
> 4. Hit "b" to boot.
>
> The system will boot up to a "#" root command prompt.  Run the
> "system-config-display --reconfig" command at the "#" prompt.  When
> you're done, type in "exit" at the "#" prompt and the system should
> reboot back to GUI mode.

Thanks,
Yes did this. however apparently I don't have this utility. I am using
Fedora 1, would this be the problem?

Shelagh







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