In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, you wrote: > I upgraded some packages to unstable yesterday, and now xdm > dies, restarts, dies, restarts, dies, ... so I can't log on > to fix it (I probably removed the old libX, while xdm is still > linked to it!). Is it possible to disable xdm from lilo, or boot > in any other way, so this doesn't happen? (I don't have rescues, > so if it's impossible I'll just install a minimum debian on a spare > partition, and fix it from there...)
You should be able to login on a different virtual console and fix the problem from there (try hitting control-alt-F1). That might not work, though, if xdm keeps on switching to X on restart. If this doesn't work you can try booting with the option 'single' to lilo, or 'init=/bin/sh' if that fails. They should let you login without xdm (or anything...) trying to run. Good luck. -- Aaron Denney -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
