xdm.pid file missing -> ASCII garbage
Hello!
1) My modem is not compatible with linux (winmodem) and I cannot make it a
linmodem
2) I wanted to install the latest version of XFree86
3) I downloaded "Linux-ix86-glibc22" from blackdown.org with win2k
4) booted linux
5) "sh Xinstall.sh" and responded yes/no to a series of questions
observation: When I reboot, it complains that XDM will not work because
/var/run/xdm.pid is missing. At that point I see "login" and right next to
that ASCII garbage
keeps coming in. I can do "ctr-alt-del" to reboot in windows2k. I can type
"ctr-alt-F1"
and have some time to look through my disk but 6 seconds later garbage
appears again.
Maybe there is a way to stop this garbage so I have time to reinstall
"Linux-ix86-glibc22"?
Is that what I should do?
Fortunatly I made a back up like the How-To suggested:
/usr/X11R6 (/usr/X11R6-old)
/etc/X11 (/etc/X11-old)
Your help would be appreciated,
Matthieu
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