From: Randall Parker 

Adam > wrote:

> Do you boot directly into X rather than logging in & then typing
"startx"?

I normally boot directly into X. Is there a way to intervene in the boot
process to tell it to not start X?

> i.e. console level is OK?

I can boot with the rescue disk and then type:

chroot /mnt/sysimage

> If so (A) uninstall the matrox driver & (b) set X org to a low level std
> device e.g. a vga card.

While booted into console mode with the rescue CD if I do this:

 > cd /etc/X11
 > Xorg -config xorg.config.new

Then I get a corrupted screen.

> An alternative if you are able to run in console mode is to su as root &
> then run whatever the x config & setup prog is in RH.

Yes, I'm trying to do that. No, it is not working for me.

>
> Adam

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