Re: Trapped in X
Seems you have xdm or something like that. Try Ctrl+Alt+F1 (or F2... until F6).
Ctrl+Alt+F7 brings you back to X. At least it works fine here ;)
Rory O'Connor gravada:
> I'm a debian newbie, and there's something driving me a bit crazy...the
> default install of debian sends me straight to X, rather than a command
> line. What do I need to do to boot up to just a plain old prompt?
>
> In addition, once I am in X, I can't figure out how to get out of it. Wm's
> "exit" as well as Ctrl+Alt+backspace just sends me to an X user login
> prompt.
>
> any help is appreciated!
>
> thanks,
>
> rory
>
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