Newbie Questions

[David Dudek]

In Red Hat 9, the best (easiest) way to reconfigure the video is to do the
following:

1. Press CTRL-ALT-F2 to get to a "virtual console".

2. You should now be at a text only screen that says, "login:".

3. Login as the 'root' user, or if you have sudo setup for your user
   account, login as the user.  You will need to enter commands with root
   privileges.  For more information on root privileges, see:

   http://www.cit.buffalo.edu/linux/superuser.html

4. The next few commands you need to run with superuser privileges.  First
   do:

   /sbin/init 3

   This takes you to "runlevel 3", which is the runlevel where everything
   is working except X.

5. Hit the ENTER/RETURN key a couple of times.  Now run:

   /usr/bin/redhat-config-xfree86 --reconfig

   This will startup a graphical configuration dialog for X.

6. After you configure X, run the command:

   /sbin/init 5

   ...which takes you back to "runlevel 5", which is the default runlevel
   with graphical login.

7. Repeat as necessary until you get the configuration correct.

-- 
David Thomas Dudek     http://www.buffalo.edu/~dudek/

On Wed, 26 May 2004, Christopher Crowell wrote:

> Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 20:36:37 -0400
> From: Christopher Crowell <crowell33 at earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: nflug at nflug.org
> To: nflug <nflug at nflug.org>
> Subject: Newbie Questions
>
>
> Hey everyone,
>
>
> I joined about 6 months ago but havent really chimed in about anything yet, mostly because I hadn't really had the time to do much with my Linux box. But, now that I have had the time, I have some questions I'm hoping everyone will be willing to help me with.
>
>  I installed Redt Hat 9 on my Compaq Presario 700 laptop the other day. For some reason, it won't let me change the resolution from 800x600 to 1024x768. Is that a driver issue? Also, when I installed RH 9 it read and recognized and every piece of hardware on my laptop with the exception of the modem. Could that also be a driver issue? I believe the modem that came with it is a Conexant.
>
> I know these are simple questions, but I really, REALLY want to learn Linux. Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Christopher Crowell
> crowell33 at earthlink.net
> Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.