Help! Console mode?

**oliverS** · 03-07-2005

When i start my computer with mandrake 10.1 then it goes to somekind console mode. I dont know how to get out of it. Well if i am already posting then another problem as well - before that console problem started i couldnt use audio conversations (Skype,TeamSpeak).

**jeremy1701** · 03-07-2005

So it used to boot into GUI? What did you change when it stoped?

Jeremy

**swemic** · 03-07-2005

An easy option to start X once again is that you just enter the command

Code:

startx

If this works, you could change a line in your /etc/inittab

Code:

id&#58;3&#58;initdefault&#58;

change to

id&#58;5&#58;initdefault&#58;

However, as jeremy1701 asked, what did you do prior you lost your X?

**oliverS** · 03-07-2005

i mainly messed with sound options but i dont think thats the problem before i had to restart computer computer started to lag madly and when i restarted there was console. When i try startx then error message says:
failed to load module radeon (module doesnt exist). no devices found.

**Flatline** · 03-07-2005

Try

Code:

modprobe radeon

then running startx.

**swemic** · 03-07-2005

ok, sounds like you have messed not only your sound, sounds like you have done something with your graphic adapter setting as well.

However, try to run

Code:

xf86config

as root from your console and choose a standard ATI graphics adapter, also try with setting up your sounds as disable.

With a standard ATI adapter you should be able to fire up X again, and do your tweaking. Just don't forgett to do "Test your configuration" when you have done changes within X

**dylunio** · 03-07-2005

oliverS, it sounds as if you have a messed up X config, or havn't setting your graphicscard right, type

Code:

XFdrake

to settup X, and

Code:

mcc

to help settup your graphicscard.

dylunio

**jeremy1701** · 03-07-2005

Another thing you can do...

Whenever a change is made in MDK, it creates a backup of the original. If it was working before, you should be able to simple copy the backup over the non-working, current config file in /etc/X11/

Jeremy

**oliverS** · 03-07-2005

Thanks for help everybody with xf86config i got it working again.

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