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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat 9 Login Screen Help Post 93060 by Alux on Thursday 15th of December 2005 07:59:45 AM
Old 12-15-2005
Red Hat 9 Login Screen Help
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.
 

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rhn-channel

SPACEWALK-CHANNEL(8)						   Red Hat, Inc.					      SPACEWALK-CHANNEL(8)

NAME

       spacewalk-channel - Subscribe to or unsubscribe system from channel.

SYNOPSIS

       spacewalk-channel [options]

DESCRIPTION

       spacewalk-channel  allows  you  to  subscribe  to  and  unsubscribe from specified channels via the command line. A visit to the "Spacewalk
       Server", "Red Hat Satellite" or "Red Hat Network Classic" website isn't required.

OPTIONS

       -l, --list
	      Print a list of channel(s) that you are currently subscribed to.

       -b, --base
	      Print a base channel that you are currently subscribed to.

       -L, --available-channels
	      Print a list of all available child channels.

       -a, --add
	      You are subscribing system to given channel(s). You have to specify --user and --password.

       -r, --remove
	      You are unsubscribing system to given channel(s). You have to specify --user and --password.

       -u, --user
	      Your username used to register the system with and for Red Hat Network Classic, Red Hat Satellite or Spacewalk.  If you do not enter
	      this option and it is required, you will be prompted.

       -p, --password
	      The  password  associated  with the username specified with the --user option. This is an unencrypted password.  If you do not enter
	      this option and it is required, you will be prompted.

       -c, --channel
	      Label of channel you want to subscribe to or unsubscribe from. Can be specified multiple times.

       -v, --verbose
	      Print out successfull action.

       -h, --help
	      Show a help message and exit.

NOTE

       The addition and removal of channels is mutually exclusive, please use the command twice.

EXAMPLES

       Subscribe to two channels:

	      spacewalk-channel --add -c rhn-tools-rhel-i386-server-5 -c rhel-i386-server-vt-5 --user username --password password

       Unsubscribe from channel:

	      spacewalk-channel --remove -c rhn-tools-rhel-i386-server-5 -c rhel-i386-server-vt-5 --user username --password password

       List subscribed channels:

	      spacewalk-channel --list

SEE ALSO

       rhnplugin(8), rhn_register(8), up2date(5).

AUTHORS

       Miroslav Suchy <msuchy@redhat.com>

BUGS

       Report bugs to <http://bugzilla.redhat.com>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Red Hat, Inc.

       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

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