[LUGSB] linux help

[John R. Hover]

Dustin Brisson wrote:
> i found a copy of redhat 8 with all the fixin's, so i installed that. so 
> far so good.  the problems (2) i am having now is that it always is in x 
> windows.  how do i either: 1)configure it so that i have to instruct it 
> (startx) to go into x windows or 
RedHat almost certainly has a GUI tool to turn this on and off, but I 
don't remember it offhand. Quickest way to do it is to edit /etc/inittab
and change

	id:5:initdefault:
to
	id:3:initdefault:

This changes the default runlevel from 5 to 3, so it won't startup 
X-windows automatically. Startx should work for you then.

2), quit x windows and go to a prompt.
  You can also always get to a full-screen prompt by going to another 
virtual terminal. Hit Ctrl-Alt-F1, Ctrl-Alt-F2, etc. X is running on 
number 7. Of course X is still actually running, so it is still using 
memory. Not sure if this is what you want or not.

> the other problem is that i cannot resize the screen (it is stuck on 
> 1400x1200 or something).  even when i change the display, it comes back 
> to that.  

You *should* be able to do this using the  'redhat-config-xfree86' 
utility. Just select the desired resolution. What the utility is 
changing is in the /etc/X11/XF86Config file, so if it is failing somehow 
you could look at the file directly. In the 'Section "Screen"' section, 
there is a line started by 'Modes'. This has the set of resolutions 
X-windows will do. I believe you just make sure whatever you want as a 
default comes first.

any ideas
> cheers
> d
> 
Let us know if you run into trouble.

Cheers,

--john