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Re: Help Booting to Console



ssh into your box  and remove  the
display manager from /etc/init.d :

'update-rc.d -f xdm remove'

test your xdm in console mode  and
later you can use the same tool to
put in with :

 'update-rc.d -f xdm defaults'

good luck

On 13:35 Thu 05 Aug                                   , A. Michael Salem wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Inadvertently I changed my system to boot with xdm rather than gdm. 
> However there is a problem with my xdm login (I can't get past the 
> login screen) so now I can't get back into my system to change it back. 
> Does anybody know how I can boot to a console with only key presses during 
> the boot? I'm really stuck here.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
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Sincerely, Joao F. Serejo,
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