Re: Installation Obstacle with X
On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 08:01:49AM -0700, John wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 05:24:31AM -0700, michael flug wrote:
>
>
> > How do I cut off the x window system and get Debian to
> > boot shell/terminal/command line, etc.
> >
> > If I can just get to the command line, I'm sure I can
> > work from there until I figure out the proper
> > xf86config settings.
>
I had a very similar problem with an old pent 75 with not enough
RAM to handle X.
Ctrl-Alt-F(x) just gave me another X logon screen.
I logged in, blindly of course, and did a 'killall xdm', then
once at command line was able to remove xdm. It's likely not
the debian way, but it worked.
timo
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