Re: help

[Vebjoern Forsmo <vebjorn@hsr.no>]

> Best bet is to boot the machine in such a way that xdm never runs -
> you may have to do this with a boot floppy if xdm runs automatically
> from your hard disc boot - and whichever of /etc/inittab or
> /etc/init.d/xdm it is.  Then figure out as much of the problem as you
> can and report it to debian-bugs.

I encountered a similar problem after shutting down the system with the 
ctrl-alt-del combination.  X was convinced that the /dev/ files was busy 
and thus had a hard time bringing up anything sensible.  Had to run 
MAKEDEV again to fix it...

Vebby