I have been using Debian on several machines for over a year. I
tried to install X on one machine in what was apparently the wrong way.
I created a config file using xconfig, and have been bringing in a
bunch of packages, unpacking them with dpkg -i. It has seemed that,
whenever I started the system, it has tried to launch X, failed, and
left me with an apparently normally functioning non-X system.
Then the real disaster! I brought in (via modem) a package of
base fonts for X. In the middle of depackaging this, the screen went
black. Control-alt-backspace has no effect, nor does typing
shutdown. Control-alt-del reboots the machine and brings up Lilo.
The msdos option seems to work just as it did before. If I try linux,
it goes through preliminary messages, types ``starting xdm'' and then
I get a blank screen.
I have also tried using the boot floppy I created when I installed
the system without X a year ago. This again leads to a blank screen.
At this point, I am mainly concerned with just getting back the
non-X functionality of the machine. Thanks for any help!
Charles Blair ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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