Subject: Re: Problem installing
From: Brian Fidler (interactive@brianfidler.com)
Date: Sun Jul 22 2001 - 21:22:37 MDT
I tried using ctrl+alt+F1 from the boot: prompt but nothing happened. So
then I tried typing install and once all of the configurations had come up I
tried ctrl+alt+F1 again and nothing happened. It's almost as if my keyboard
doesn't work once the configurations have come up.
Does this narrow the problem down at all?
thanks,
brian
> From: Jason McIntosh <jwm05c@mizzou.edu>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-devel@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 19:41:20 -0500 (CDT)
> To: yellowdog-devel@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Re: Problem installing
>
> Usually that's a problem with the runlevel, in that YDL I think defaults
> to runlevel 5 (that's the graphical runlevel using gdm or whatever kde's
> graphical login is ) - There's a couple of solutions - use ctrl+alt+F1 you
> can switch to a text terminal, and from there login and set in
> /etc/inittab the default runlevel to 3. Then, reboot, configure X. The
> config for dual-head is more tricky. First, you need to be using X4.0.1
> or greater (which YDL has), then there's an option in
> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 under
> Section "ServerFlags"
> Option "Xinerama"
> EndSection
> If you don't have this section, add it.
> Next, do
> XFree86 -scancpi
> Look for your two video cards. In the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file, there
> should be two cards listed. If not, you need to add a second section for
> the config file. Both need the option BusID which is usually in the form
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> which would represent the AGP card and
> BusID "PCI:0:15:0"
> which would represent your other video card. Anyway, after both are
> configured, and in there, you need two monitor sections, and then two
> screen sections, the screen sections each using a different set of
> card/monitors.
> Then, in the ServerLayout section
>
> Screen "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1"
> Screen "Screen1"
This archive was generated by hypermail 2a24 : Sun Jul 22 2001 - 20:30:14 MDT