hi

i am using redhat linux 7.3 and it logins thru gnome gui. but yesterday when i logged in as root and before showing desktop completely it showed me a error which displays me that gnome panel is crashed. now i do not have panel on my machine how can i recover it.

Another i want to switch to console for this i tried with ALT+F2 and F3 key but its not working. what should i have to do to switch to console.

i also want login thru console not gui. how it can be done.

one more problem i tried to start with kde desktop. for this i put a file .xinitrc into my home directory and after restarting the computer it show me again the same gnome login...

can anybody help me

Puru

hi puru_09,

to revover your gnome-panel open a term of your flavour and start it manually by typing "panel". From now in should appear on every login again.

To switch to console while you are in graphic mode, you have to hit ALT + CTRL + F[1-5] instead of just ALT + F[1-5].

For logging in through console, open /etc/inittab and look out for a line like

id:5:initdefault:

This specifies the default runlevel on startup. Change it to

id:3:initdefault:

and reboot.

For others out there looking for a panel solution.

There are still problems in RH8 with the panel, but you can fix that if you go to rpmfind and download the latest rpm. There was a bug in there that was fixed in the summer but somehow RH didnt put it in with the release.

Does that help for 7.2 and 7.3? Someone test it out and respond please.

hi daN00b and Tomasfuego,

Thanks to both of you.

Puru