> Best bet is to boot the machine in such a way that xdm never runs - > you may have to do this with a boot floppy if xdm runs automatically > from your hard disc boot - and whichever of /etc/inittab or > /etc/init.d/xdm it is. Then figure out as much of the problem as you > can and report it to debian-bugs.
I encountered a similar problem after shutting down the system with the ctrl-alt-del combination. X was convinced that the /dev/ files was busy and thus had a hard time bringing up anything sensible. Had to run MAKEDEV again to fix it... Vebby
