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From: jellybean stonerfish
Organization: jelco stoneware
Subject: Re: A basic gnome problem
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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:07:08 GMT
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On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:42:08 +0000, SINNER wrote:
> I performed the command (telinit 2) in a virtual terminal under Gnome
> (gnome-terminal) The screen scrolled madly for pages with nothing but the
> prompt repeating itself. The CPU fan kicked on and CPU went to 100%.
> Eventually X was killed and I was stuck at a blank screen. NIC card's
> light was still on (wireless) and the HD stopped doing its thing. I had
> to reboot as CTL+ALT + F1 - F6 yielded no results.
>
> I cant check the runlevel command ATM as I am not home. Will check
> tonight and report back.
To go to single user mode use
telinit 1
Then after doing all your system repairs go back to runlevel 2
telinit 2
--
stonerfish
dare to explore
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