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Hi, folks!
I've just downloaded and
installed the debian system on my home PC and have gotten myself into a bit of
trouble after running dselect. I grabbed all the 'home system' stuff and finally
got to the configuration steps, where I was asked if I wished to have my system
start up automatically with xdm at boot time. Foolishly, I said yes. Now, after
rebooting my system, I see all the start up messages scroll down until it gets
to "starting xdm", after which the display starts blinking on and off
at a rate of about once per second. It only accepts keyboard input during the on
cycle, which is very short, thus rendering the thing essentially useless. The
only way out seems to be via the reset button.
My guess is that I failed to
properly configure the display manager (I think that's what xdm is). How can I
regain control of the system and reset it so that it won't try to start xdm at
boot time? Also, are there any tips you folks might share with me regarding
getting things set up properly? This is a standalone PC-clone system and I'm
just interested in learning what linux is all about.
Thanks in
advance.
'til next we type...
HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
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