Re: [tlug] bad screen setting

[Matt Doughty <mdoughty@example.com>]

On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 09:33:20PM +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> >>>>> "jb" == Jonathan Q <jq@example.com> writes:
> 
>     jb> Even if you do the first, it's best to not do the second
>     jb> until (at least) you know X works :-)
> 
> Thus speaks a man with more brains than money, and more money than
> me.  Listen to him.
> 
>     >> I've tried getting virtual consoles up but can't (what is the
>     >> correct key sequence????).
> 
>     jb> alt-f1 to alt-fsomething (8?) which get you virtual consoles,
> 
> On Debian, it's 1-6, with 7 being the console used by X11.  Check for
> gettys in /etc/inittab.


IIRC, RH does the same thing as far as 1-6 being virtual terminals.

> 
>     jb> but those don't work when X is running (or trying to and
>     jb> dying).
> 
> No, but Ctl-Alt-F1 etc work when X is running (unless they're disabled
> in XF86Config[-4].  I'm not sure what happens if X is kakking.
> 
> 

Its kind of ugly when *dm is choking. It basically keeps grabbing
the terminal back when it tries to startup. I have been part of the
futile race to get something useful typed at the console between xdm
snatching control back.  If *dm isn't giving up control on its own
the best option is to do a single user boot.  If it is using grub you need
to edit the boot entry. lilo you just need to type <boot entry> single
at the boot prompt.

--Matt