Interesting - if I can ever figure out how to get into the system I'll do that :-) There's no way to shut down and reboot clean - xdm won't do anything till you log in <g>...
Now I'm wondering if maybe my work PC's boot disk will work... I wish I had known about this bug (or the "no - don't fool with it" answer) before I did it :-) Oh, and insert obligatory complaint about how slow Netscape 4.x runs... > In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > > Interesting problem - I've upgraded to slink as part of kernel 2.2.1 on > two > > different PC's, and I think I goofed on one. When the new X stuff went > in > > and asked if I should use my current config files, the PC at work was > told > > No - leave mine alone; the PC at home was told Yes - overwrite with new > > ones. PC at work is fine, but PC at home now immediately boots into xdm > and > > refuses to let me log in... Won't take root, me, nothing. Tried booting > from > > the boot disk I made - slowly boots, then starts xdm :-(...Anyone know > how > > to kill this? Even Ctl-Alt-Backspace just restarts it... > > There was a buglet in /etc/X11/Xsession. > To fix, insert a line containing ";;" immediately before line 47. > > ---snippet of /etc/X11/Xsession---- > > echo "Xsession: unable to launch failsafe X session: xterm not > found." > exit > fi > fi > ;; # <---- Add this line > default) > ;; > *) > program=$(which $1) > > ---end snippet--- > > I don't know how to get rid of xdm, though. > You used to be able to specify it in /etc/X11/config > but that doesn't work for me now. > >
