Sergey V Kovalyov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | 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... | >
It was fixed in the latest update (yesterday on http.us.debian.org) so it's in the pipe for a mirror near you. Gary