Are you able to press ctrl-alt-F2 to get to another virtual console? If so, once there login and edit /etc/inittab. If you don't know about this file read man pages on init, inittab and perhaps telinit.
If you can't get to a virtual terminal, then as your system boots at the lilo prompt type "linux single". This will boot linux into single user mode and you can edit /etc/inittab as needed. There is probably a line like this id:5:initdefault: which you will want to change to id:3:initdefault: Good luck. "Benjamin F. Zhou" wrote: > > Hi, > > I installed debian's base and X on my notebook. but failed to follow the > advice not to > start X at boot time. > > Now, X got started, but then frozes. > > I tried boot from disk, and try to edit the /etc/X11/config. But could not > find it. > Is there a way to un-start X at boot or quit, or start a second console? > > appreciate any tip or hints > > Benjamin > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Charles H. Baker, Manager Student MicroComputer Labs http://www.utc.edu/StudentMicroLabs/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 423.755.4517 Mailed w/ Linux & Netscape.
