Bug 488

Summary:	Screen keeps refreshing if Xconfigurator is set to wrong monitor freq.
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	isingh
Component:	Xconfigurator	Assignee:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	5.1
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Description isingh 1998-12-15 21:25:43 UTC

I had installed my Linux 5.1 couple of months back and was
working on it smoothly. I also had Xwindows installed and
X-Windows
console login used to comeup automatically on reboot. But
then yesterday I ran Xconfigurator to set some monitor
resolution
and mistakenly set the monitor refresh rates to wrong
values.
Now if I reboot, the console login pops up (not the Xwindows
login)
and then the screen keeps on refreshing not allowing me to
start Xwindows or login.  Cntrl+Alt+Del works which just
reboots
the machine. Because I have lot of stuff already on the
hard drive, I can't reinstall Linux because it would
format the drive.

Comment 1 David Lawrence 1998-12-16 17:03:59 UTC

You need to boot the machine into single user mode but typeing at the
lilo prompt

LILO boot: linux single

This will eventually get you to a BASH# prompt where you need to use a
text editor to edit the /etc/inittab file. Change the number 5 to
number 3 in the line

id:5:initdefault:

This will allow the system to reboot without trying to run the X
login. Then rerun Xconfigurator to set the monitor to correct
specifications. If you feel everything is again set correctly then you
can change the 3 back to a 5 and reboot the machine.