Help! How do I correct messed-up monitor settings

[Michael Gertz]

FWIW I know "single" is a valid BootX option. It brings you into
single-user mode, which is sometimes more usefull in unscrewing-up a
machine.

If you want level three you can type "telinit 3" once you have booted
up.



On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 12:27:47PM -0400, ghannon@cspi.com wrote:
> 
> There is a way to get it to boot into init level 3 (non-graphical user
> interface) from
> BootX, and it was recently on this list.  I use Yaboot, but I think it's
> init=3 in the
> extra options.
> 
> CTRL-option-F2 (or CTRL-alt-F2) may give you a text screen as well.
> 
> Once you can log on, run Xconfigurator and then you should be able to set
> the
> monitor to the correct type and reboot.
> 
> Hope that helps,
> G. Hannon
> 
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