xdm trouble
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, you wrote: > I upgraded some packages to unstable yesterday, and now xdm > dies, restarts, dies, restarts, dies, ... so I can't log on > to fix it (I probably removed the old libX, while xdm is still > linked to it!). Is it possible to disable xdm from lilo, or boot > in any other way, so this doesn't happen? (I don't have rescues, > so if it's impossible I'll just install a minimum debian on a spare > partition, and fix it from there...) You should be able to login on a different virtual console and fix the problem from there (try hitting control-alt-F1). That might not work, though, if xdm keeps on switching to X on restart. If this doesn't work you can try booting with the option 'single' to lilo, or 'init=/bin/sh' if that fails. They should let you login without xdm (or anything...) trying to run. Good luck. -- Aaron Denney -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: xdm trouble
On 14 Nov 1997 11:46:46 +0100 Ole =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F8rgen?= Tetlie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I upgraded some packages to unstable yesterday, and now xdm > dies, restarts, dies, restarts, dies, ... so I can't log on > to fix it (I probably removed the old libX, while xdm is still > linked to it!). Is it possible to disable xdm from lilo, or boot > in any other way, so this doesn't happen? (I don't have rescues, > so if it's impossible I'll just install a minimum debian on a spare > partition, and fix it from there...) Entering 'linux single' at the lilo prompt will make you boot in single user mode (almost nothing running). From there, you will be able do disable xdm and/or fix your X server. Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
xdm trouble
[Please CC any replies to me] Hi, I upgraded some packages to unstable yesterday, and now xdm dies, restarts, dies, restarts, dies, ... so I can't log on to fix it (I probably removed the old libX, while xdm is still linked to it!). Is it possible to disable xdm from lilo, or boot in any other way, so this doesn't happen? (I don't have rescues, so if it's impossible I'll just install a minimum debian on a spare partition, and fix it from there...) Thanks, -- Ole J. Tetlie, student at the University of Oslo Debian GNU/Linux---Eiffel- Java: The elegant simplicity of C++ and the blazing speed of Smalltalk -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
