Re: Boot without auto-starting X

[Robert Oram <Debian@RobertOram.com>]

Adrian Zaugg wrote:

> Stop at SRM Prompt, boot into aboot with the Flag "-fl i" and give the
> boot command by hand adding a plain "1" at the end of the boot line to
> boot only until runlevel 1. In /etc/X11/default-display-manager you can
> comment out the starting line for your login manager. Like this you end
> up at the login prompt of getty.
>
> SRM >> b dka0 -fl i
> [...]
> aboot> l
> [Your list of boot entries, retype the one you like and add 1 e.g.:]
> aboot> 1/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-generic ro root=/dev/sda1
> initrd=/initrd.img-2.6.8-1-generic 1
> [booting to RunLvl 1]
>
> Regards, Adrian.
>
> Robert Oram wrote:
>  
>
> > Quick question.  I was trying to upgrade the kernel on an Lx-164,
> > and somehow lost my mouse.  I was messing with /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and
> > now have lost my keyboard!  Is their anyway to stop it during the boot,
> > before it auto launches X, so I can fix it?
> > Thanks in advance...
> >
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It  worked! Thanks for your suggestions!  I normally boot using this 
line in my aboot.conf:
4:2/vmlinuz-2.6.11-1-generic ro initrd=/initrd.img-2.6.11-1-generic 
/root=/dev/hda3   so I added a 1 to the end and booted from
4:2/vmlinuz-2.6.11-1-generic ro initrd=/initrd.img-2.6.11-1-generic 
/root=/dev/hda3 1
and it booted to run level 1.  Then I was able to run 
/usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config again.