*- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about "Re: X server problems"
| *- Stefan Nobis wrote about "Re: X server problems"
|| Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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|| > Could Braden not simply try Ctrl-Alt-F2 to switch to a non-X virtual
console?
|| > I'm too new at Linux to know, but I'd at least try it.
||
|| No. If the X-Server isn't configured yet and you start xdm, xdm starts
|| the X-Server. The Server exits at once and returns control to xdm
|| which then again tries to start the Server and so on. This happens so
|| fast that no keystroke will work (i tried this serveral time - no
|| way). If you have another computer at hand, connectd per TCP/IP you
|| will be able to kill xdm (after login per telnet).
||
|| The other solution is to boot in single mode (init mode 1), but that
|| method was described already.
||
|
| This behavior is supposed to be controlled by xresources but does not
| seem to work. I looked for a bug report but didn't find one. Hmmm,
I needed to look harder, it is bug #24406. There has been no action or
response on it.
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Brian
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