Re: Best way to stop X from starting?

["Rob Dupcak" <rob.dupcak@amd.com>]

Ulrich Teichert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> [del]
>
> > I'm guessing that I can stop X from starting by moving the graphics card 
> > to a different PCI slot so that the x server wont find it, but is there 
> > another more elegant solution to stopping X?
>
>
> Could you do a network login, or does the machine really freezes hard?

It's frozen solid :-)  I can't get to it over the network


> > I can't get to a prompt so 
> > editing various files is not an option unless someone has some magic 
> > incantations I can mumble.
>
>
> Boot into single user mode. From the kernel-parameters.txt documentation:
>
> S               [KNL] run init in single mode.

Forgive my ignorance here, so all I have to do is enter something like:

b -fl S

at the SRM prompt and I should be set.  Wow... if that works, that is 
much too easy! :-)


> HTH,
> Uli