Problems with Red Hat install.

Thomas Ward tward at bright.net
Tue Oct 23 20:38:59 EDT 2001


Thanks I'll be sure to try alt+control+f6 the next time I install. I had a
sighted family member fix the inittab for me so I could go ahead and use
Speakup as normal without being launched into x.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason" <unleet at qwest.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: Problems with Red Hat install.


> if your inittab is set up like slackware's (it just might be) there's one
> text console open on tty6 as a workaround to a bug in init, and also a
nice
> failsafe if something happens to X.
>
> so...
>
> hit control-alt F6, and see if you get a console, if so, log in as root
and
> fix your inittab. (it's /etc/inittab, and pretty self-explanitory)
>
>
> On Tuesday October 23, 2001 12:30 pm, you wrote:
> > Hello, list. I just recently downloaded Red Hat 7.2, and burned it to
cd's.
> > However, I now have a problem. After I installed Red Hat rrestarted, and
> > loads into x. How do I get out of x, and back into bash, or install Red
Hat
> > without going into x after install?
> > Also can someone fill me on how do I know some options are being
installed
> > and not installed? I've found the setup of 7.2 quite hard compared to
7.1,
> > but I'm sure someone out there has done this without much problems.
> > Any tips and tricks would be helpful.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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