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Re: Is it possible to disable kdm during boot?



> 	I installed KDE on a new Debian (sid) installation on a 17" PowerBook 
> G4, and was getting an error when kdm attempted to start XFree86.  I 
> added "1440x900" to the modelines and changed the driver from ati to 
> nv.  Now, rather than the attempt to start and the failure, the screen 
> goes blank.  Since kdm was added for KDE by default, my screen now goes 
> blank on boot, so I can't even log in, much less troubleshoot X.  Is 
> there a way to disable kdm during the boot sequence?

when yaboot boot menu shows up, type:
linux single
(replace linux with name of your kernel entry in yaboot.conf)


jan gregor



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