I'm a little stuck. I just installed Debian 2.1 on my old Pentium 166mhz machine with 64 megs of RAM.
Installation went fine. I loaded a bunch of stuff off the CD. After using Slackware 8 for a while, I didn't find the text-based item-by-item so daunting. I did xf86config to see what kind of x-window setup I could get running. This is where the problem begins. I saved the xf86config file and ran startx. I got a bunch of colorful chopped up squares and rectangles on my monitor. I quickly shut off the monitor and rebooted. Problem is, Debian seems to be starting the x window system upon boot-up so I'm always getting dumped into the screwed video settings. How do I cut off the x window system and get Debian to boot shell/terminal/command line, etc. If I can just get to the command line, I'm sure I can work from there until I figure out the proper xf86config settings. How do I interrupt the boot-up and get to the command line before being thrown into graphical mode? I don't remember choosing to start debian with a graphical interface. Thank you for your help. Thank you for your time. Mike __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/
