[NBLUG/talk] X11, Xinerama, and Kernel Updates -dual monitorsand redhat

[William L. Thomson Jr.]

On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 16:44, E Frank Ball wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 12:09:06PM -0700, Dave Rohling wrote:
> } Ok, I changed the driver to nv from my Nvidia driver I downloaded, and it
> } works. I need to start the entire OS, without X to install Nvidia's driver.''

I was going to ask if you were using Nvidia. FYI anytime you install a
new kernel you will need to also install Nvidia drivers for that kernel.

For this reason I try to avoid using Nvidia chipsets. Hopefully one day
Nvidia will realize how much of a pain that is and will change the
license so the drivers can be distributed with the kernel.

> } How can I do that? When I kill X it restarts now. And if I do Linux 3 in
> } Lilo it doesn't load everything that I need, apparently.
> 
> Boot as normal (run level 5).  <cntr><alt>F1 to get to a console.
> Log in as root.  Type "init 3" to stop X.

You might also want to modify /etc/inittab and change the default run
level to 3. At least until you are done, then you can go back to 5.

> Booting to init 3 should have worked, but try this way.

The only diff between 5 and 3 are the services started. So aside from X
is there is a service that is not being started and you need it, start
it or add it as a service to be started under run level 3. I usually
will do it manually but there are many tools to dial in the different
services and run levels.

-- 
Sincerely,
William L. Thomson Jr.
Support Group
Obsidian-Studios, Inc.
http://www.obsidian-studios.com