Re: I screwed up

[Tom Bruno <thomas@vwords.com>]

when at the grub screen
press e   to edit the kernel setting
add a line  single   to the end of the kernel line.
press b   to boot

this will put you in single mode, and you can edit your x config.

On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 13:56, Ray Holtz wrote:
> I wanted to increase my resolution on my Dell Laptop.  So I changed the
> monitor type in Fedora Core 1 from Dell Laptop 1024x768  to Dell Laptop
> 1280x1024.   Whne I rebooted,  I have NO graphics whatsoever.   I can boot
> fine,  and I can hear it beep when it gets to the logon screen, but i can't
> see anything graphical.  I can see GRUB,  I can see the kernel loading, but
> after it says "Press I for interactive setup"  the screen goes black, (but
> the hardware keeps the backlighting on)
> 
> I know I have to fix the XF86Config file,  but I cannot see anyting to get
> there.   Is there a command I can append to one of my boot loader lines in
> GRUB to get linux to ONLY use a text session?  can I override the default of
> booting into X?
> 
> I have tried to logon to Linux (blindly)  and then after the hard drive
> stops spinning,  I use <CRTL> <ALT> <F1> ...<F6>  but none of the virtual
> terminals come up.
> 
> Help!  I'm stuck using only Windows until this is fixed!
> 
> Thanks,
> Ray
> 
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