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Skippy wrote: |
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> On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:12:06 -0600 |
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> Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote the words: |
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>> Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>>> On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 04:19:22 -0700, Skippy wrote: |
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>>>> Plus, what is to stop me from changing the font to something |
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>>>> non-english and ending up with a system where I can't read |
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>>>> anything? :) |
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>>> Nothing, but even if you don't have X available, or another |
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>>> computer to SSH in from, you should be able to type blind enough to |
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>>> do |
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>>> rm -f /etc/init.d/conso[TAB] |
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>>> reboot |
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>> In other words, save all your work before you try this. LOL |
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>> Dale |
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>> :-) :-) |
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> Well, I was going to try this while performing some critical |
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> applications, but maybe I'll wait now. :) |
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> Okay, so even if I shaft it up, X will still function normally then? I |
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> suspected that was true, but didn't know for sure. If all else fails I |
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> can boot another linux system (I have multiple gentoo installs on this |
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> box) and fix the config file. |
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> I was just curious if there was a way to avoid all this potential pain. |
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> Thanks, Skippy |
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You are braver than me. After looking at the names of those fonts, I'm |
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to chicken to try to change them. Be my luck I'd change it to Greek or |
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something and I see enough of that in the man pages. lol |
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Let us know how it turns out and what you use. If it is English, I may |
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try it too. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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