As some users may know, Red Hat 9 uses a graphical login. This works perfectly fine, but one day I had a problem. I logged in as root and changed the resolution of the display. It told me to log out for the changes to take effect.
I did...but was faced with my monitor going down to standby. It couldnt handle the resolution.
Now, basically, I was locked out of the computer. I had to reformat and reinstall Red Hat 9.
However, today I found a neat trick. I dunno if it will log me into a command prompt, but basically if you press CTRL + ALT + F1 - you get the standard text login. Pressing CTRL + ALT + F7 takes you back to the graphical login screen.
If the text interface actually takes you to the command prompt - I'd happily reinstate the old X server configuration file to get back my old resolution, thus solving my problem.
Just thought I'd share a few tips. Btw...is there any way to get to the command prompt from Linux? I ask because Red Hat automatically boots X, and that kinda sucks.