Re: How can I start from a terminal instead of gdm
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 09:20:40AM -0500, Andrew D Dixon wrote:
hi there,
> Does anyone know how I can start from a terminal instead of gdm? When X
> starts it's locking up my keyboard and mouse so I need to disable it on boot
> up. I don't have a boot disk (of course) so I'm looking for a solution
> other than the obvious.
my quick(?)&dirty solution :
- switch to a txt-console with ctrl-alt-F1
- su -
- apt-get remove gdm
(and actually this will already let you start in txt-mode after reboot)
- init 3
- solve your probs with mouse and keyboard
- apt-get install gdm
- gdm
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