Re: [LI] X11 does not start!

["Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe" <sam_buddhe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, "Saurabh Kapoor" wrote:

>It directly goes into X mode which is not
>visible on the screen and i have no idea what goes on.
Didnt the setup program check the X-configuration in the relevant step?
That can avoid such problems. I am sure you must already have tried
'Xconfiurator' ... there is another utility that gives much more control
over the system - 'XF86Setup' or something. It is text based and looks
pretty confusing for the newcomer. But once you understand whats happening,
its as smooth as compiling a kernel! ;-)))

>when i try to modify /etc/inittab to change initdefault to 3
>it says the buffer is in read mode.

Type the following at the bootprompt:
LILO: <label> single root=<device> rw

<label> = the name for the boot image, usually 'linux'
<device> = the /dev entry for your root fs
rw = ensures that the root fs is mounted in read-write mode

Also, you could try pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1, when the INIT enters runlevel 5.
This will open a command prompt on virtual terminal 1. X normally runs on
7, and can be accessed by Alt+F7. Note that the Ctrl key is required only
when switching from the X-session to a text mode terminal.

HTH,
Sameer.
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