On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 10:22:23AM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I tried to install Wdm. > While in it's setup, it asked me something about a lock, which xdm was > using. Well, I think I give up of installing it, and pressed <CTRL> + C. > Yesterday, when I booted the box, there was a screen with a penguin, and I > could not use the keyboard anymore(just the mouse). > Three questions: > 1) Why does stupid newbies keep messing with things that they don't > understand? (Answer: because they're stupid).
Because they want to learn, and messing with things is the only way. The stupid newbies are the ones who _don't_ mess with things and get themselves interesting situations. :) > 2) (no kidding) Is there any way to boot linux step-by-step, just like the > F8 key in DOS? So I would skip the Wdm initialization. > 3) If the answer to 2) is no, how could I recover my installation (don't > wanna use rescue.bin). I don't know about "step-by-step", but one thing you can try is booting into single-user mode by typing "linux 1" at the Lilo prompt. Log in with your root password and uninstall the offending package. (I would have suggested using "linux 2", but I think when I tried that after I installed Debian I discovered that would end up running xdm and switching to xdm's runlevel anyway.) Thus, I don't really know if that'll work, but it gives you something to try until someone more knowledgable than I gives you a better solution. Oh yeah, BTW... did you try ctrl-alt-f2 to switch to a virtual console? Tom
