Re: Help! xdm not starting at boot
I was able to stop xdm from running at startup by: 1) running Debian setup from the CD and pressing ALT + F2 on the first screen 2) mounted my root drive so I could move and copy files 3) moved /etc/init.d/xdm to my home directory for temporary storage 4) unmounted the root drive 5) rebooted the machine 6) reconfigured X using XF86Setup 7) copied the xdm file back to /etc/init.d Thanks for your help, Steve T.
Re: Help! xdm not starting at boot
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Since most have concentrated on how to stop xdm (which, BTW, there have been innumerable threads about in the past), i'll show how to reconfigure X without a GUI. On Wed, 25 Aug 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2) get in and edit the X configuration file manually -- ideally, I would like to restore the backup XF86Setup created. Unfortunately, I didn't write down its location and I don't know where to copy it. If you can't find a backup, you could always use the console-based xf86config. Yes, it takes a little bit more knowledge, and for some of the mode advanced features you have to uncomment lines in the generated XF86Config by hand, but it's nice if you don't want to mess with a gui when configuring your gui... - -- finger for PGP public key. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBN8YJ+b7M/9WKZLW5AQGwHAP8Ca0K1zGDOu6qc3ViJdB/18h4Jk6/d4Nq JCprCTN8Md5iUnCmIkeyEnPz0LPXbgZijpqEQ3YQKLpPN/+GkSqx0vhjBtEQBpqo iVdB7eVmQuKwX55foGnSCsQEvUbxYpZ5zYUZei0tGHSaCQ+BlXOadBAgiW05KH1v WchrGAZnCRA= =EFaQ -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Help! xdm not starting at boot
I have xdm configured to start when the system boots up. I changed my X configuration and now the system is in a loop trying to start X and failing. I am able to boot from my Debian CD, but don't know what to do when I get there. How can I: 1) prevent xdm from trying to run at startup OR 2) get in and edit the X configuration file manually -- ideally, I would like to restore the backup XF86Setup created. Unfortunately, I didn't write down its location and I don't know where to copy it.
Re: Help! xdm not starting at boot
On Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 08:46:06PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | I have xdm configured to start when the system boots up. I changed my X | configuration and now the system is in a loop trying to start X and failing. | I am able to boot from my Debian CD, but don't know what to do when I get | there. | | How can I: | 1) prevent xdm from trying to run at startup OR | 2) get in and edit the X configuration file manually -- ideally, I would like | to restore the backup XF86Setup created. Unfortunately, I didn't write down | its location and I don't know where to copy it. After rescue boot: rm /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm This will keep xdm from starting in the default runlevel 2. XF86Config lives in /etc/X11. The backup probably has a .bak extension. If it's there do: mv /etc/X11/XF86Config.bak /etc/X11/XF86Config . Then try it out with: startx . -- ___ ___ __ _ _ __ |_ ) / -_) _` | ' \ / / \___\__, |_|_|_/___| |___/
