How about just pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1 and login through the text console ? AFAIK, you problem is a known bug - missing ;; in the /etc/X11/Xsession. Hopefully it will get fixed soon.
Sergey. On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Hogland, Thomas E. 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... >
