########################################################### x86 Linux A simple collection of information, experiences and commands. Problem: Xserver will not start error message, "unable to connect to xserver" Solutions: one possible solution is that you have run out of disk space. do a du on the root disk and if it's full you'll have to delete a few things. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Problem: Can't boot from your install CD ?? ? Solution: If possible, boot in windoze and insert your Linux install CD. Look for an app called "rawrite.exe" . Then look for the boot.img on the same CD. Use rawrite to copy the boot.img to a floppy and boot from a floppy. After booting from the linux boot floppy you should be able to instal from the CD. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Problem: booting into single user At the lilo,silo or grub boot prompt. Simply type "single" before the default time wait boots you into the default OS or kernel. Red Hat variants like Fedora and Centos: At the grub prompt press any key to enter grub. Select the kernel line and pres e to enter the edit mode. To the end of the line presented. Add a capital S or the word single. Continue to boot. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>