Re: Boot probblem with xdm
Use <ctrl><alt>F1 to get into a tty.
Or hold the left shift key down on bootup, and boot
up into linux single at the boot prompt.
shadowze@info66.com ("shadowze") writes:
> My install was going just fine until until I installed X on and ran the
> XF86 setup. Was curious about it. I can hand edit the xf86.cfg if needed
> or run the xf86config. During the setup, my bus mouse wasnt recognized so I
> quit the set up and on the next boot I guess xdm was written and now I cant
> log in through the x screen.
>
> Is there a way to stop the boot process before xdm starts?
> If not I guess I will have to reinstall.
>
> Im on the digest and not on USER so make sure Im cc:'d.
> Thanks in advance.
> Robert Black
>
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