"Ian Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> Last night I had a major panic attack with xdm (whoch starts automatically)
> I had edited the sample .xsession file and added exec fvwm95 to the end.
> It did not start due to the other settings above for twm (I am working from
> memory here)
> The login screen would appear and on login the screen would flicker and then
> go back to the login screen.
> I ended up booting from CD, going to a shell, mounting the hd and editting
> the .xsession file.
>
> Is there an easy way to recover from this type of fault ?
Ctrl-Alt-F2 should get you into a console where you can log in and edit
the .xsession. Then Ctrl-Alt-F7 gets you back to your X session.
(Try commenting out all those things which relate to twm in your
.xsession file!)
hth
Glyn
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