It sounds to me that maybe the mouse is screwing you up for x totally! When X starts,
it tests
your devices (mouse, display, keyboard, ...) and if it cant do what it needs to, it
crashes, and displays why it cant
run at the console. if you have your computer set to boot to gui, and it cant load the
gui, your bummed!
Some things you can try:
<Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Backspace> This kills x, and should contiune booting to runlevel 5
(hopefully).
<Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Keyboard +> or <Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Keyboard -> This Changes the resolution.
Telnet or ssh into the computer (via ethernet, serial, ...) fix the XF86Config file.
FTP into the computer (via ethernet, serial, ...) replace the XF86Config file.
No matter what you do, you should:
Change the boot up, so that it doesnt boot to gui, and reboot!
You wrote:
> From: John Pocza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 04:27:12 -0700
> Subject: X or no X ?
>
>
> my computer somtimes blinks on and off just as X is starting and will not
> finish the boot process the only way out is ctl+alt+delete but on the restart
> it does the same thing .the only way to fix this that I know is reinstall linux
> but I'm getting so many programs this gets flusterating to download them again .
>
>
