Re: The XDM trap

[Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman-debian-devel@debian.org>]

On Mon, Jul 06, 1998 at 03:43:57AM -0500, Kysh Dragon wrote:
> > automatically via xdm. I answered yes (why not?). After that, I noticed, that 
> > setting up X did not work and the system was trapped:
> > 
> > XDM tries to start X fails XDM tries to restart X fails XDM tries to
> > restart X fails XDM tries to restart X fails XDM tries to restart X
> > fails XDM tries to restart X fails XDM tries to restart ....  The monitor is switching continuously between graphical mode and text mode, login is impossible via console. If you are lucky, you have already a working network connection and can stop xdm via a remote login.
> 
> This problem actually happens to a LOT of people, and absolutely freaks
> newbies out to no end.

It's also one of the few places old DOS habits can help you out---when that
happens, I find it enough to just keep hitting Ctrl-Alt-Del until init
catches it, and closes everything down.  Then reboot into single user mode.

Mike.


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