[Techtalk] My X display is fubar

[Robyn Manning]

Hi

You need to edit /etc/inittab and change the runlevel from 5 to 3 ie

id:3:initdefault:

note the 3

Once you've done this you can startx from the command line. If 'x'
doesn't work try starting 'x' this way

startx >& test.log

then read the test.log if that doesn't give you any clues post it here
and we can have a look at it.

Robyn

On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 19:04, Grrliegeek wrote:
> I have Mandrake 8.2 installed and have run into a problem when X tries
> to start. I have recently installed a new CDRW, and the problem
> started after it was installed. I had the same problem when I tried to
> connect a printer to my parallel port, after disconnecting the
> printer, and going into rescue mode (without really doing anything)
> and then rebooting, the problem disappeared. However, I am not wanting
> to take out the CDRW.
> 
> Currently, when I boot Linux, I get through the boot process. I see
> "login" appear on the command line, which is normal. Usually, right
> after that I get the graphical login screen. However, now I get a pink
> and white 1" tall bar at the top of the screen, which looks like my
> LILO squished & repeated. I cannot do ctrl-backspace, I cannot get to
> a command line with ctrl-alt-f1. I cannot even do the 3 finger salute
> with ctrl-alt-delete. The computer appears totally frozen. I can boot
> into the failsafe kernel, but nothing I have done in there has solved
> the problem.
> 
> So,  my question is - how do I find out what is causing the conflict
> that is causing this problem? Can I get to some X logs via the
> failsafe login?
> 
>   
> 
> -- Thanks,
> 
> Grrliegeek
> 
> 
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