On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 10:37:33 -0600 (CST), Munir Nassar <nassarmu at redconcepts.net> wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Raymond Norton wrote: > >> I am trying to help a friend out with a redhat 9 box. The monitor works >> fine >> during boot, but goes black when he expects to get a login screen. Any >> Idea >> what I need to change to resolve this? > > sounds like X is not setup properly and it is trying to drive the monitor > to a higher range than it is capable. > > login to runlevel 3 and run redhat-config-xfree86(iirc) > > to get to runlevel 3, just append 3 to the kernel line in grub. > I think you can boot to a command prompt directly by entering "linux single" at the grub prompt (if you're using grub) You may also be able to get a command prompt by hitting Alt-F1 at the blank screen _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list