RE: Slink, xbase-common and xdm...
Thanks - this is the other piece of the puzzle...
> At the Lilo: prompt, type:
> linux single
>
> or whatever your linux image is named if it's not linux. that'll put
> you in
> single-user mode and won' start xdm. then do:
> chmod a-x /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm
> so that xdm won't start at all. reboot and you'll be in normal mode
> without
> xdm running so that you can fix it.
>
> --Evan
>
>
> "Hogland, Thomas E." wrote:
> >
> > Interesting problem - I've upgraded to slink as part of kernel 2.2.1 on
> two
> > different PC's, and I think I goofed on one. When the new X stuff went
> in
> > and asked if I should use my current config files, the PC at work was
> told
> > No - leave mine alone; the PC at home was told Yes - overwrite with new
> > ones. PC at work is fine, but PC at home now immediately boots into xdm
> and
> > refuses to let me log in... Won't take root, me, nothing. Tried booting
> from
> > the boot disk I made - slowly boots, then starts xdm :-(...Anyone know
> how
> > to kill this? Even Ctl-Alt-Backspace just restarts it...
> >
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