>>> David Turetsky wrote:
I finally have a partially working x configuration, but clearly my
keyboard is not being properly recognized, and my mouse is not being
recognized at all. I would like to stay at the command line prompt to
fix the config files, but my system automatically starts up gdm
How do I abort the startup of x?
>>> Kent West
At the LILO: prompt, enter "linux single".
If by "keyboard is not being properly recognized" you mean the keys
produce the wrong characters, experiment at this point before
pressing
<ENTER> to figure out which keys you need to press to type in your
root
password; you'll be asked for it later.
This'll drop you into a single-user text mode, at which time you can
prevent gdm from starting on future boot-ups (see recent mailing list
archives) and/or fix your keyboard/mouse issues.
>>> David Turetsky
YES!!! Thank you. Now I can go on to experiment with corrections to
my XF86Config file
The keyboard is recognized fine at the command line, but with an
apparent error in XF86Config, keyboard functionality is highly
distorted in gdm
in XF86Config 'Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"' appears. Although I
have a Microsoft Natural keyboard, for which this setting is
specified, it may have been tailored to Dell's specs, so I think I
will try 'pc105' and see what unfolds
If I had not had such a misspent youth, I might have remembered
'linux single,' but then . . .
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