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LINUX PROBLEMS

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Alphathree333

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I just installed TurboLinux Server 6.0 on my Pentium III system. The installation went fairly well but this was my first time installing linux.
More or less I just wanted to try it.

Anyway once the install finished I rebooted and linux went through what I guess is its normal boot sequence only to come to a graphical screen which is SERIOUSLY messed up. (Colors all over the place, squares appearing randomly etc.)

I know nothing about linux and I don't know how to attempt to fix this. If I could get a command prompt of some sort I suppose I could try but there's never an opportunity to make a correction. I don't suppose Linux has a safe-mode sort of thing like Windows?

At any rate I'd be happy to just uninstall it but since the Linux partition is hidden from the Windows partition I can't delete any linux files using a windows boot disk. If I were to reinstall windows on the other partition, I'd have the same problem.

What should I do? I want to either delete linux or FIX it or even have an opportunity to fix it (I can't do much with a screen of garbage and I can't stop the boot sequence.)
 
Sounds like the incorrect X server. Yes, you can get a command prompt by doing ctrl+alt+Fx, where Fx represent one of the function keys 1-6 (e.g. ctrl+alt+F1). "Safe mode" is known as single user mode and is accomplished by rebooting and typing linux single at the LILO prompt. ***CAUTION*** your ARE root when you boot into single user mode so be careful!

What's the video card?
 
im assuming your computer runs X11 on startup with KDM/GDM/XDM depending on your distro (havent used turbolinux).

to disable this and enter command line mode every time u have to edit a system file.

switch virtual terminals (alt+ctrl+F1, or any function key), log in as root, edit /etc/inittab with your favortite text editor (try pico if your a newbie). there should be a section for default run level. change the number to the corresponding run mode. 3 is multiuser modem (on slackware), and 4 is X11 with XDM (graphical logins). once you edit this to multiuser mode every time you restart linux will allow you to log in via the command line and then start X.

to fix your graphical login run XF86Setup as root on your system. change the /etc/inittab back to X11 then it should work if you configure x properly.
 
thanks, thats really useful to know. Until now, I've had to kill X and restart it after switching terminals. dumb huh 😀?
 
yeah the command is "startx" but i realy meant start your x server. which, true, is generally done by startx (which runs a series of scripts BTW, and is not an actual program but a script to launch serveral programs, your x server, your gui (KDE, GNOME), etc.0
 
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