VPC video trouble

[J Burford Fields]

Just tried to install White Box Linux in a VPC machine on an IBM
Thinkpad. I took the defaults and it came up in X mode and obviously
is not right for the video and screen--unusable.

I can re-install, but it took a LONG time to install. Isn't there a
way to switch to text-only mode at startup?

Next question: Although I use to be a UNIX admin (circa 1985), it's
been years, and I just barely got Red Hat to find the wireless access
to Internet on another machine, I'm at a loss for what video settings
would work on this machine, and how to change them once install has
been completed.

J

[Ward William Bones]

Post by J Burford Fields
Just tried to install White Box Linux in a VPC machine on an IBM
Thinkpad. I took the defaults and it came up in X mode and obviously
is not right for the video and screen--unusable.
I can re-install, but it took a LONG time to install. Isn't there a
way to switch to text-only mode at startup?
Next question: Although I use to be a UNIX admin (circa 1985), it's
been years, and I just barely got Red Hat to find the wireless access
to Internet on another machine, I'm at a loss for what video settings
would work on this machine, and how to change them once install has
been completed.
J

J,

To get to text-only from a stalled X-server just hold:
<control><option><F1>

As for video settings I found a conf file that works for me:

host:#wget
members.cox.net/ward.bones/linux/xorg.conf_working.txt
host:#/etc/X11/$cp XF86Config-4 XF86Config-4.orig
host:#/etc/X11/$cp xorg.conf_working.txt XF86Config-4
host:#/etc/X11/exit
***@host:/etc/X11$startx

This (of course) is on an eMac with nividia so it may have no relevance at
all to you. At least that points you to the config file.

Cross your fingers!
Ward

[Drifty39]

Thanks Ward. I suspected there might be somebody who could politely
clue me in. I'll give it a try.

J