Re: linux crash

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> next time you may want to just log to a different virtual terminal and =
> 'shutdown -r now' command instead of hitting reset.  I don't know what =
> you could do about the other probs.
> 
> Dan
>     -----Original Message-----
>     I got X Windows to work but had a few problems after I changed the =
> settings to get a better resolution/more colors from my video card.  =
> After startx the screen went blank, and when I couldn't get it back so I =
> reset the system and when I tried to get back into Linux it forced a =
> check and said my systems had erros and wanted the root password.  I =
> gave it then nothing happened.  I tried the rescue that came with Red =
> Hat 5.0 but after I inserted the supplemental disk nothing happened.  Is =
> there a command to run to clean up this mess that I created?

If the XFree86 config file doesn't match your monitor or video card,
it will go blank as you described.  The easiest fix is to type a 
CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE to kill X-Windows.  If that doesn't work, type
CTRL-ALT-F3 (or some function key number) to get to a different
virtual terminal, "ps ax" to find the "X" process and "kill" it.
Or you can do the Micro$oft solution and "shutdown -r now" as
Dan suggested.

The point is NEVER press POWER/RESET with Linux running or you can
trash your filesystem (as you found out).

You can try fixing it by booting to single user mode and running 
"e2fsck" on the problem partition.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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