Adam, at your lilo prompt type linux -s This should get you into single user mode. from there follow the advice below.
Cheers, Adam Bender wrote: > > --On Thursday, April 19, 2001 2:37 AM -0700 Dieter Schicker > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Switch to a different terminal, e.g. by pressing > > "Ctrl-Alt-F2" and deinstall xdm (dpkg --purge xdm). > > > This doesn't work for me. X Windows loads automatically when I boot, even > before I login, and is completely broken - I can't see anything or get it > to do anything. How do I get it to not load when I boot? Once X is > loaded, the system is useless. When I boot I need to do something that > prevents it from loading at all. > > Thanks for the help, > > Adam > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.andrew.cmu.edu/~abender > Computer scientists have kernel knowledge. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Scott Fraser Myra Systems Corp. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.myra.com/ voice: 250.381.1335 ext:163 448A Bay Street fax: 250.381.1304 Victoria, BC cell: 250.514.4765 V8T 5H2 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
