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Old October 30th, 2002, 10:54 AM
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Question Safe mode in RH 8.0?
I changed the video mode beyond the limits of my monitor. Now when I rebot Linux, my screen is black so I can't change it back. Is there a way I can boot into a safe mode by holding down a key? If not, how do I boot into the shell mode and edit the config file? The system is setup to automaticaly boot into X windows.

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Old October 30th, 2002, 11:05 AM
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While your screen is blank...press Ctrl-Alt-F1 and it will drop you into a console. Login as root and then run Xconfigurator to reconfigure X.
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Old November 1st, 2002, 11:25 AM
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Thank you! I was able to get into the shell and edit the config file.
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