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Re: Yet another crash!

#715
From: sbd
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 00:00
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I said this before.  Yeah, ok I could be wrong, but he does have xfs
installed, he's just cocked it up.  I think you've changed the
language.  Whatever it is, I know you did it through KDE and the
Control Center cos I can see the options that you've been on about
there. 

You never said if you tried what I said, running setup and changing
the keyboard there (from the console - black screen).  What's the
other option called that you can get into?  I think it's xf86config.
Let me just go and have a look...

Yeah, it's xf86config - this is how you setup X.  You should be able
to fix it from there if plain old setup doesn't work.  Just type it at
the black screen.

But I only started with Linux myself a couple of months ago, so I'm no
expert.  But try it for me baby, you know you want to.

sbd

On Tue, 25 Jan 2000 23:26:20 GMT, ian@overhere30.freeserve.co.uk
(007***) wrote:

>In article <388E03F2.EA9A9682@netscape.net>, Bruce Richardson 
><itsbruce@netscape.net> wrote:
>
>>It's the console (text mode) login.  Beyond it lies the command line, a
>>bit like DOS only more complex and powerful.  Unlike windows, with Linux
>>the GUI is just a component - you don't need the graphical interface to
>>use the full power of the OS.  It's as well to learn how to work in this
>>environment - some things in Linux are difficult to configurate from X. 
>>And if X fails for some reason, you *have* to work at the console to fix
>>it.
>>
>>If you don't know how to run programs from the command line I strongly
>>suggest you get an introductory book on Linux and work through the
>>chapters.  If you can, get a book that matches the distribution (and
>>version number) you have - although many Linux books come with a Linux
>>installation cd inside the cover.
>>
>Thanks Bruce. ;o)
>
>-- 
>Ian.
>http://www.overhere30.freeserve.co.uk
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