Re: Prevent X Windows Starting up

2003-08-27 Thread Dave Thayer
On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 11:46:02AM -0400, David Z Maze wrote: > (And since nobody else has suggested it, it might be possible to get > into the machine remotely, too, maybe with ssh. A serial console is > useful for this sort of problem too, but requires some advance setup, > and the world contain

Re: Prevent X Windows Starting up

2003-08-26 Thread Bijan Soleymani
--ZwgA9U+XZDXt4+m+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 01:58:46PM +0100, Sarah Forbes wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I have an install of the unstable distribution with a 2.4 Kernel. When I > boot up, my k

Re: Prevent X Windows Starting up

2003-08-26 Thread David Z Maze
"captain kierkegaard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > use the update-rc.d command, to stop the display managers from > starting, i used the following command: > # update-rc.d -f ?dm remove stop 1 2 3 4 5 6 > where the question mark is g, k, or x depending on which is starting > at boot. This is

Re: Prevent X Windows Starting up

2003-08-26 Thread Peter Nuttall
On Tuesday 26 Aug 2003 1:58 pm, Sarah Forbes 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 >

Re: Prevent X Windows Starting up

2003-08-26 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 13:58:46 +0100, "Sarah Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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

Re: Prevent X Windows Starting up

2003-08-26 Thread Kent West
Sarah Forbes 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

Re: Prevent X Windows Starting up

2003-08-26 Thread captain kierkegaard
use the update-rc.d command, to stop the display managers from starting, i used the following command: # update-rc.d -f ?dm remove stop 1 2 3 4 5 6 where the question mark is g, k, or x depending on which is starting at boot. use the install disk and go into rescue mode. Chris Black wrote:

Re: Prevent X Windows Starting up

2003-08-26 Thread Chris Black
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 s

Re: Prevent X Windows Starting up

2003-08-26 Thread Richard Lyons
On Tuesday 26 August 2003 14:58, Sarah Forbes 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

Prevent X Windows Starting up

2003-08-26 Thread Sarah Forbes
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 canno