HELP! XDM locked me out of Linux!

[Daniel Robbins <drobbins@unm.edu>]

Help!

I set up X to start when the machine is booted, and I changed the monitor 
in my Accelerated X configuration file.  This was a mistake.  I rebooted, 
and X tries to start over and over again in an infinite loop.  I have 
about 1/4 of a second window of time at the login prompt, then the screen 
goes blank, then 1/4 of a second window, etc.  I have been successful in 
typing "root" at the login prompt, but as soon as I get to the password 
prompt, I'm lost, since the keyboard during this ordeal accepts input 1/4 
of the time (If I hit the "r" key once there's a 25% chance that it will 
show up on the login prompt).  I've tried typing my 
ppppaaaaasssswwwwoooorrrrrdddd about 50 times and I've given up.

Is there any way to skip the XDM startup file?  Maybe if I start up in 
single user mode?  Is there a LILO option for that?

Thanks,


-=-

Daniel Robbins
School of Medicine Computer Services
University of New Mexico

[email:drobbins@unm.edu]



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