Panic! cant' log on to linux

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Shelagh Manton wrote:

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> Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com> wrote in message
> news:423F63F2.3090201 at vitalstream.com...
>> Shelagh Manton wrote:
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>> Try booting in single user mode, then run
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>> system-config-display --reconfig
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>> to fix your X setup.  If you don't know how to boot in single user mode:
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>> 1. Select your kernel from the grub display and hit "e".
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>> 2. Scroll down to the line that starts with "kernel" and hit "e" again.
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>> 3. Add " single" to the end of the line (yes, a space, then the word
>> "single") and hit ENTER.
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>> 4. Hit "b" to boot.
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>> 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.
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> Thanks,
> Yes did this. however apparently I don't have this utility. I am using
> Fedora 1, would this be the problem?

IIRC, in FC1 this utility was called redhat-config-display.

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