On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > I have always been able to get a virtural terminal by typing > <ctrl><alt><f1> once the xdm process started. > -------------------------------------------------------
The problem is that when xdm cannot start, it keep retrying. <ctrl><alt><f1> may get you to a console, but as soon as xdm retries, gone again. Single user mode seems to be the only way out, until editing the startup files. > > Braden N. McDaniel writes: > > Now when I boot the machine, my monitor goes to sleep as soon as the > boot > > sequence has completed. I *think* this is because I elected to being > xdm up > > at bootup when I initially installed everything, and now that > setting is > > kicking in. I suspect the problem may be that the X server has not > yet been > > properly configured. How can I get to a prompt so I can run > xf86config? > > /*********************** Running Debian Linux *********************** * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 * * W. Paul Mills * Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. * * EMAIL= [EMAIL PROTECTED] * WWW= http://Mills-USA.com/ * * Bill, I was there several years ago, why would I want to go back? * ************ pgp public key emailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *************/
