Re: Locked up X-windows
Quoting L R Dirienzo Jr (ldirienz@vt.edu):
> I locked up X-Windows. I had run Red Hat 6.0 on a PC for about a year, and
> the install was no problem. I decided to go to debian and the install was
> fine, but X-Windows would not run, and it failed because the /dev/mouse file
> did not exist. I just created a blank /dev/mouse file to see if X would run
> without a mouse and thus locked up my system.
cd /dev
ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse
If psaux does not exist, mknod psaux c 10 1 rather than just making
an ordinary file.
> X-Windows is set to load by default? I made the Linux boot diskette. How
> can I stop X-Windows from starting by default so I can remove my mouse file.
Boot it with "linux single" to go into single-user mode.
Cheers,
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