On 08/15/2010 09:11 PM, James McKenzie wrote: <snip>
Does it take a LONG time to boot into X or did I do something wrong?
determined by cpu speed, memory, hdd speed, and a few other things.
And what can I do to revert the inittab back so I can mess with this file some more (actually key it into submission.)
you can press <tab> or <esc> to interrupt boot screen. at menu prompt, press <e> to edit, cursor down to line starting with "kernel", press <e>.
cursor will be at end of line, press <space> then <1> then <enter> then <b>.
you will boot to 'level 1'.
at 'root' user prompt:
cd /etc vi inittab
press down arrow key to line with 'id:5:initdefault:', move cursor with right arrow key to '5', press <r> key, press <3> key.
to write/save, and exit, press in sequence ':wq' with out ''.
this will change 'id:5:initdefault:' to 'id:3:initdefault:' and thereafter system will boot to command line login.
while at 'level 1', type in "init 3<enter>" to start 'level 3', login.
when logged in, "cd /etc/X11", "su", make what ever changes you wish to 'xorg.conf'. save file.
enter 'exit' or press <ctrl+c> to return to 'user'.
entering 'startx' will start "X" server.
hth.