Re: System trashed
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On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Rich Harran. wrote:
> Ok, I just upgraded to slink, and thought everything was ok, but that was
> before I rebooted. My system rebooted, and started xdm (or whatever),
> which I don't want, and the keyboard seemed to be locked up. I could move
> the mouse, but couldn't attempt to log in, or even switch to another
> virtual terminal. How can I stop this from happening? Is this a bug,
> 'cos I didn't ask for xdm to be started, and, wherever I was given the
> choice, I chose to keep my own startup scripts, so surely xdm's bullied
> its way into starting.
To fix this, you should boot into single user mode. If you use LILO to
boot, you can boot to single user by typing the word 'single' after the
name of the kernel image that you boot:
LILO boot: <image> single
The kernel will boot, then you'll be asked for the root password. Since
xdm is now moved into a separate package, you could probably just do "dpkg
- --remove xdm" and delete it from your system if you dont' want it anymore.
Otherwise, just delete the S**xdm symlink from /etc/rc*.d.
noah
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