login issues with new install of redhat 8

[Thomas Stivers]

On 06/22/03  5:28 PM -0400, Jed Barton wrote:
> Hey Adam, thanks so much pal.
> Now, here's another question for you.  Bear with me, i'm brand new at this
> linux stuff.
> What is a good text editer that i can use on this local console to edit this
> file?
> I'm going to have a lot fo questions for you, so bear with me.
> I think i did do that x windows thing by accident, so i'll hit control alt
> f2 when i want to switch to this new mode.
> Any good text editer that is pretty friendly?

I know you have gotten a lot of suggestions, but you may want to try
nano. Its like pico, but it has a few more features and it is fairly
easy to use. Eventually learning vi or emacs would probably be to your
advantage.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jed
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adam Myrow" <amyrow at midsouth.rr.com>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 5:18 PM
> Subject: Re: login issues with new install of redhat 8
> 
> 
> > You probably had it start out in X windows by default.  You are actually
> > at a graphical screen which has yet to be accessible.  The good news is
> > that you can do something about it.  Hit control-alt-F2 to switch to the
> > second virtual console.  You should be able to read the login prompt here.
> > So, log in as root and edit the /etc/inittab file and change the default
> > runlevel to 3.  The line would look something like "id:3:initdefault:" I
> > think it defaults to 4 in Redhat for X windows.  run level 3 is text-only.
> > Or, you can just leave it alone and always use the virtual consoles 2
> > through 6, but it takes longer to go into X than text mode, and if you
> > can't use it, there is really no point loading it.
> >
> > If you decide to reinstall redhat at some time, pay attention to the
> > question when it asks you if you want to start in graphical mode.  Yes is
> > the default, so you need to change it to no or fix it after the fact.
> >
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