[GLLUG] Re: Booting into text mode
Melson, Paul
PMelson@sequoianet.com
Thu, 14 Feb 2002 14:33:13 -0500
At the very least, it would be worth installing the new XFree86 RPMs for
6.0:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/en/os/i386/
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 1279175 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 7269340 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 955045 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-3DLabs-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 1105709 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 769956 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-8514-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 848167 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-AGX-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 874574 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-FBDev-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 944974 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-I128-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 834095 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-Mach32-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 881749 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-Mach64-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 773794 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-Mach8-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 840548 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-Mono-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 855931 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-P9000-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 1048101 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-S3-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 940990 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-S3V-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 1363436 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-SVGA-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 842476 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-VGA16-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 786213 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-W32-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 193279 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 540314 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-Xnest-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 1123518 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-Xvfb-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 322675 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 1968307 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-devel-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 9636216 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-doc-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 867673 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-libs-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 102 235 259711 Sep 15 1999
XFree86-xfs-3.3.5-1.6.0.i386.rpm
-----Original Message-----
From: Sean [mailto:picasso@madflower.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 10:34 AM
To: Reza Beha
Cc: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Re: Booting into text mode
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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