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Re: [ecs] suse help req Lawrwence Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:55:39 -0500

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:55:39 -0500

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The text-mode yast is what I was suggesting...I just couldn't remember if it
was just "yast" or "yast2".  One other thing I was thinking is whenever you
make a change to your config w/ sax2 I believe it makes a backup of your
config file.  Restoring an older config file from the command line would be
another possibility.

-Lawrence

On 3/22/06, Kevin Keane <ingoecs@kkeane.com> wrote:
>
> I would go with basically the same idea.
>
> If he doesn't even get to the point where he can run yast2, he can start
> a bit earlier in the process:
>
> - reboot (if you can log on remotely from the network, you can use that
> for a proper shutdown -r now, or else just hit the reset button).
> - boot into runlevel 3. If you use grub as your boot loader (standard),
> edit the boot command line by appending the number "3". You can do that
> while grub is booting. I reboot my SuSE box so rarely that I don't even
> remember exactly how it works, though.
> - log on as root.
> - run "sax2". That's the Yast component that sets the screen resolution,
> and it will let you go back to fix the screen resolution - but you must
> run it from text mode.
> - reboot (you can probably just switch to runlevel 5).
>
> BTW, you can always just run the text-mode YaST by typing "yast" instead
> of "yast2".

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The text-mode yast is what I was suggesting...I just couldn't remember if it was just "yast" or "yast2".  One other thing I was thinking is whenever you make a change to your config w/ sax2 I believe it makes a backup of your config file.  Restoring an older config file from the command line would be another possibility.

-Lawrence

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