X11 problem w/ RH9 under VPC ..

RuralTurtle · 03-20-2007, 06:47 PM

I recently installed RH9 under MS VPC. When I boot up, I get a totally unreadable X11 login screen. How do I boot to a shell prompt so I can try to change the config file? Anyone have any idea why the configuration would be doing this?

Thank you.

GrapefruiTgirl · 03-20-2007, 07:09 PM

Not sure why it would be doing this, and don't know much of anything about RH9 or MS-VPC.
However, assuming that the X11 login is using runlevel 4 as most linux's use, you could, at the boot prompt, add " init 1" or " init 3" after the kernel-name you are booting, so that the machine does not switch to graphical mode automatically.
From the resulting login prompt, login as root to edit the configuration.

RuralTurtle · 03-21-2007, 02:12 PM

Thanks for your reply. I figured it out. RH9 install defaults the display to 24-bit color; VPC can only handle 16-bit.

GrapefruiTgirl · 03-21-2007, 02:18 PM

Well, now I can say I know *one* little thing about RH9 with VPC.

Glad you got it working.