Re: X starts on boot--no exit--shades of J P Sartre
On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 09:51:53PM -0600, Gary Turner wrote:
> I configured xfree86 but I'm not running X because 1) my mouse acts
> squirrelly and 2) I haven't downloaded the i810e server yet. Tonight I
> wanted to study/work on the shutdown procedures, and said shutdown -r
> now. This was first reboot since installing X. The X or gnome or some
> graphic login screen appeared upon reboot and I logged in.
>
> Now my squirrel of a mouse-driver sends the cursor below the bottom edge
> of the screen, and seems to move left or right 80 pixels at a time,
> popping up little menus that I can't access. Enough playing with the
> mouse, and a terminal screen will come up (Xterm?). Using ps and kill,
> I can stop X, but just as fast as it dies, a new login screen appears.
> <ctrl><alt><bs> does the same. BTW, <alt><F*> does nothing.
>
> Now if someone will tell me what to look at and what to change so that X
> must be explicitly started, I will be much obliged.
>
> Plus, how can I get rid of it short term, so I can use emacs (pop-ups
> cover 1/3 or so of the term screen, including the minibuffer) to edit
> the file(s)?
>
> gt
> Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash
>
>
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# mv /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm /etc/rc2.d/dont_use_S99xdm
(has always worked for me).
hth.
b.
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