RedHat 8 install problem

[veejax]

My problem actually started when I was running RH 7.3. A few seconds after the machine would boot and go into graphical mode, the lights on the keyboard would start to flash and neither the keyboard nor the mouse would work. The system worked fine for months before that and I hadn't changed anything... no, really I had intended to install RH 8 anyway, so I wiped the machine and installed from the CDs. The whole thing went fine; mouse, keyboard, video, etc. all were probed accurately and the mouse and keyboard worked throughout the installation. Then, when the machine rebooted for the first time, the keyboard lights went off while services were starting and there I am at the login screen with no mouse or keyboard. I've tried using them on & off the KVM and I've tried different parts to no avail. The other systems (Windows) on the KVM work fine. I suspect there is a problem with the X server, but since everything installed fine I wouldn't know what to change if I do get in and edit the config files. Any ideas? TIA

 

[fluid11]

Press Ctrl+Alt+F2. This will bring you into a new virtual console where you can try and fix your GUI problems.

You probably want to boot to the shell, instead of the GUI, at least until you get your problems resolved. From the shell, open the /etc/inittab file in a text editor (like vi). Look for this line...

id:5:initdefault:

...and change it to....

id:3:initdefault:

Now you will boot to the shell, instead of the GUI.

Normally, I would tell you to run 'Xconfigurator' to fix your GUI problems, but I think that RH8 removed that utility. Try running this....

/usr/bin/redhat-config-xfree86


Let us know if this fixes your GUI problems.



ChrisP