[GLLUG] Re: Booting into text mode

[Sean]

I think killing the run-levels is a lot harder then just manually
launching X when you need it and killing it and restarting when it goes
wonky.

FWIW RH 6.0 was buggy, like most x.0 RH releases. 6.1 may have the
bug-fix although i didnt think the diamond stealth cards were that well
supported since diamond never gave out the tech specs in the first place.







On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Reza Beha wrote:

> Unfortunately, I don't have access to my system right
> now to get specific version numbers, but I'm using a
> Diamond Stealth 64 (2MB) video card and RedHat 6.0
> with whatever versions of X go out with 6.0 by
> default.
> I don't want to upgrade yet because I'm planning to do
> some experimentation with security issues related to
> the 2.2 kernel.
>
> I'm using a variety of Samsung Syncmaster that isn't
> in the monitor list that pops up during installation,
> so I think the problem is that my monitor is not
> accurately represented in the configuration files.
>
> I don't think it's worth the effort of solving the
> problem properly, since I do my software development
> on an Athlon under RedHat 7.1 with a GeForce2 and
> everything works fine there.  Switching runlevels
> should be ok for now.
>
> Thanks anyway though!
>
> --- Cory Spitz <spitzcor@cray.com> wrote:
> >
> > Frankly, I don't think that killing X and restarting
> > is a good
> > solution.  We should be trying to help you get your
> > X to work right
> > every time.  Let me start by asking what video card
> > you, what xserver,
> > and what version of xfree86 you are using.  Not that
> > I could help much
> > but it might get you started.  Also, have you tried
> > googling to see if
> > anyone else has your problem.  There may already be
> > a solution.
> >
> > -Cory
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Reza Beha wrote:
> >
> > > Does startx provide the ability to kill and
> > restart
> > > the x-server where going to runlevel 5 doesn't?
> > If
> > > so, this sounds like a good solution.
> > >
> > > If not, I don't think it would accomplish anything
> > > since text mode is always fine until X is started.
>
>
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