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Re: bypassing xdm?



Tim Bell wrote:
> 
> I've configured my machine to boot into xdm. When confronted with the
> xdm login screen, how can I get to a text virtual console?
> 
> I've had some success with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, followed shortly
> aftewards by Alt-F?, but this doesn't always work, and the last time
> I tried it I managed to hang the machine.
> 
> There must be a proper way to do this... only I can't find it.

Control-R is the "proper" way to do it.

-- 
Jens B. Jorgensen
jjorgens@bdsinc.com


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