Sarah Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have an install of the unstable distribution with a 2.4 Kernel. When I > boot up, my keyboard and mouse become disabled as soon as the log in > manager displays. > > Can you tell me how to stop x-windows from starting during the boot > process so that I can try and find the cause of the issue. I cannot > disable x windows from the command line because I can never get in. > > If you have any clues as to what might be causing my keyboard to disable > in the first place, I would be very grateful to hear them.
You could boot the kernel in single user mode which should cause the display manager not to be started and then disable or remove its init.d script. Or if you have an OpenSSH server running on the box you could login that way from another machine and shut down the display manager. --Chris
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