I gave up and simply re-formatted my hard drive, and reinstalled a very minimal debian package with no x window system.
I'm going to print out your post and keep it by my side when i do go ahead and try to install a window manager and other x environments. Thank you very much for taking the time to provide all the information below. Mike --- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I assume you installed xdm. > I was going to suggest checking that with dpkg but > if I understand you > correctly you have no console. Therefore, I would > try alt+ctrl+F1 in order to > get to a console. You might have to do it more then > one time after boot since > XDM might be persistent then you are, at least for a > while. > Now in order to kill it you should issue, as root, > > /etc/init.d/xdm stop > > Now am I right when assuming that you have xdm > installed? In order to find > that out you can try > > [03:24:53 tmp]$ dpkg -l xdm > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | > Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems > (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name Version Description > +++-==============-==============-============================================ > ii xdm 4.1.0-5 X display manager > [03:31:56 tmp]$ > > The above output is for the case when it is > installed. Actually, the fact that > /etc/init.d/xdm was found on your system is pretty > much self evident to it > being installed. > > The next thing you might consider is stopping xdm > from being run at boot time: > > Script started on Mon Sep 17 03:24:42 2001 > [03:24:42 tmp]$ zgrep -A27 'How do I stop xdm from > starting at boot?' > /usr/share > /doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz | tail -29 > -- > *) How do I stop xdm from starting at boot? > > This is a very common question from people who have > upgraded from Debian 2.0 > or earlier, before the xdm program has since been > separated out into its own > package. Exactly how you deal with this depends on > exactly what you want. > Note that the following techniques all require root > privileges. > > + I don't want xdm to run at all. > > In that case, simply remove or purge the xdm > package with dpkg. If you > have xbase installed, remove that before or > simultaneously; xbase depends > on xdm. See > /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/README.Debian-upgrade > for more > information. > > + I don't want xdm to manage any local servers. > > Edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers and remove any lines > that correspond to the > local host. This file ships with only one > entry, for :0. If you > comment that out, xdm will start but will not > try to manage any X > servers at all (unless you have added lines to > the file). > > + I don't want xdm to manage any remote servers. > > Edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers appropriately. Note > that as this file > ships, it does not manage any remote servers, so > unless you have > already edited this file (or borrowed someone > else's), no change is > necessary from the package default to realize > this state. > > [03:24:51 tmp]$ exit > exit > > Script done on Mon Sep 17 03:24:53 2001 > > Now you can go back to the bad X display by pressing > alt+F7. ctrl+alt+F1 will > take you back to the console, and so forth. > > My last comment would be about /var/log/xdm.log. The > contents of this file > might help you fix your X display. > > Hope this helps. > -- > > Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/
