When boot up, type linux single or linux emergency
Rob Lundahl wrote:
> Help my x-windows went south and Debian cycles on
> the xdm login.
>
> To fix it I need to login. Can I stop it from going automatically
> to X windows?
>
> Rob
>
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On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Rob Lundahl wrote:
> Help my x-windows went south and Debian cycles on
> the xdm login.
>
> To fix it I need to login. Can I stop it from going automatically
> to X windows?
>
Are you booting using LILO? If so, add "single" as a paramete
In a message dated 4/6/99 11:51:56 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> To fix it I need to login. Can I stop it from going automatically
> to X windows?
>
1) If you're using hamm - put "no-xdm" in your /etc/X11/options file to
prevent xdm from starting
On any system you sh
Help my x-windows went south and Debian cycles on
the xdm login.
To fix it I need to login. Can I stop it from going automatically
to X windows?
Rob
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Hi,
This is explained in the manpage for init(1).
Quoting man init:
---cut---
BOOTFLAGS
It is possible to pass a number of flags to init from the
boot monitor (eg. LILO). Init accepts the following flags:
S, single
Single user mode boot. In this mode /etc/in
> i figure the only way to fix this is to boot into single user
> mode and remove the xdm entries, however i am not sure
> how to do this in linux... needless to say i am feeling very
> stupid right about now. any help would be appreciated.
There's nothing to feel stupid about. Learning-by-doing
at the LILO boot prompt you can type:
linux single
To boot your "linux" kernel.
--Jay
> folks,
>
> after successfuly downloading and installing debian 2.0,
> i foolishly set it to start xdm at boot time. unfortunatly
> i did not get the X server configured correctly and i am
> now unable to l
folks,
after successfuly downloading and installing debian 2.0,
i foolishly set it to start xdm at boot time. unfortunatly
i did not get the X server configured correctly and i am
now unable to login at the console. i am also not able to
remote login because the console is secured against root
ogi
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