> Hi, folks! > > I've just downloaded and installed the debian system on my home PC and > have gotten myself into a bit of trouble after running dselect. I grabbed all > the 'home system' stuff and finally got to the configuration steps, where I > was asked if I wished to have my system start up automatically with xdm at > boot time. Foolishly, I said yes. Now, after rebooting my system, I see all > the start up messages scroll down until it gets to "starting xdm", after > which the display starts blinking on and off at a rate of about once per > second. It only accepts keyboard input during the on cycle, which is very > short, thus rendering the thing essentially useless. The only way out seems > to be via the reset button. > > My guess is that I failed to properly configure the display manager (I > think that's what xdm is). How can I regain control of the system and reset > it so that it won't try to start xdm at boot time? Also, are there any tips > you folks might share with me regarding getting things set up properly? This > is a standalone PC-clone system and I'm just interested in learning what > linux is all about. >
Boot it up in single-user mode (type linux single at the LILO prompt). Edit /etc/X11/config and change start-xdm to no-start-xdm HTH, Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/
