On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 08:01:49AM -0700, John wrote: > On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 05:24:31AM -0700, michael flug wrote: > > > > 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. >
I had a very similar problem with an old pent 75 with not enough RAM to handle X. Ctrl-Alt-F(x) just gave me another X logon screen. I logged in, blindly of course, and did a 'killall xdm', then once at command line was able to remove xdm. It's likely not the debian way, but it worked. timo
