Re: Booting to console is a non-event 0r give me back CLI

2003-04-04 Thread Pigeon
On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 07:09:46AM +0100, andy denton wrote: > Hello, > > After adding some applications that use elements of > gnome, the boot now > starts xdm directly. Prior to changes the boot started > a console, when > needed the xdm gui could be started using Alt + F7. > I wish to reinstat

Re: Booting to console is a non-event 0r give me back CLI

2003-04-04 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 07:09:46AM +0100, andy denton wrote: > After adding some applications that use elements of > gnome, the boot now > starts xdm directly. Prior to changes the boot started > a console, when > needed the xdm gui could be started us

Re: Booting to console is a non-event 0r give me back CLI

2003-04-03 Thread nate
andy denton said: > Hello, > > After adding some applications that use elements of > gnome, the boot now > starts xdm directly. Prior to changes the boot started > a console, when > needed the xdm gui could be started using Alt + F7. > I wish to reinstate that process. > So far I have found this on

Re: booting to console

2002-10-21 Thread Russell
Phil Reardon wrote: > > How can I boot to the console? I am stuck in a loop at the graphical login > screen due to a faulty XF86Config file (I think!) ctrl-alt F1 su root /etc/init.d/xdm stop Substitute xdm for any other login manager if needed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: booting to console

2002-10-21 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 09:12:30AM -0600, Phil Reardon wrote: > How can I boot to the console? I am stuck in a loop at the graphical login > screen due to a faulty XF86Config file (I think!) Please read the archives. We *just* finished this one earlier tonight. -- Baloo msg08334/pgp0.pg

Re: booting to console

2002-10-21 Thread David A. Rogers
Try Ctrl-Alt-F2 to get to another console session. Then apt-get remove xdm - or try to get it installed correctly. dar On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Phil Reardon wrote: > How can I boot to the console? I am stuck in a loop at the graphical login > screen due to a faulty XF86Config file (I think!) > > P

Re: booting to console

2002-10-21 Thread Bijan Soleymani
Phil Reardon wrote: How can I boot to the console? I am stuck in a loop at the graphical login screen due to a faulty XF86Config file (I think!) Phil Reardon You can boot from a floppy or a cd. Then mount your drive, fix the problem and reboot. Or if you're feeling lucky you can hold cont