Monitor 'refresh' problem

[Richard E Miles]

On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 17:45:51 -0500 (EST)
"John" <John at TheLysts.com> wrote:

> > On Saturday 05 March 2005 18:47, John wrote:
> >> . I moved my mouse over the page and some of the elements
> >> appeared (text, etc).
> >
> >>
> >> My monitor is: Samtrong 56e/56v
> >> My graphics card is: Intel 82810-DC 100
> >
> > Boot into init level 3 and update your computer's software:
> >
> > "yum update"
> >
> > The original distribution's xorg-xll utilities didn't get along with
> > this graphics processor very well.
> >
> > Regards, Mike Klinke
> >
> 
> Thanks a lot for the help. Unfortunately I don't know how to "boot into
> init level 3" means. (I tried a variety of ways but none of them worked.
> Unfortunately a google search came up blank). Could you tell me how to
> boot into init level 3 (or provide a link that tells me).
> 
> I'm assuming once I'm in init level 3 all I do is type "yum update",
> something is automatically downloaded and installed, and then I just
> restart the computer. Is there anything else I should do after that?
> 
> Thanks again
> John
> 
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To enter level 3 type init 3 in a terminal. If you are in X windows you can
enter control-alt-F1 to get to a console where you can log in. You will be
in level 3 also.

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Richard E Miles
Federal Way WA. USA
registered linux user 46097