I'm in the process of setting up an old 486 with Debian Linux (slink) and I seemed to be trapped in X Windows. When I type Ctrl+Alt+Backspace it just restarts xdm with the login and Password prompt. Typing a login and password doesn't help because I get a blank blue screen and the mouse doesn't work. Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Backspace at this point also throws me back into the xdm login/Password prompt. I tried restarting the system and it boots into this login/Password prompt. I tried typing Ctrl+C while it was listing all the things it was doing and could not stop it from running xdm. I tried booting from the boot floppy I made and it said "boot failed". I can boot off the Rescue floppy but I don't know what to type at the prompt to get to a point where I can edit my config files so it won't start xdm at boot. FYI, this happened when I was trying to get my mouse to work and I saw an archived message from this list that said try "xdm stop" so I tried that and now I'm in this loop.
Thanks for any help, Nancy -- ©Nancy McGough http://www.ii.com/ Infinite Ink --= Sent via PINE 4.21: Internet News & Email for Win/Unix =--
