Re: Troublesome install of X
Hi Brian,
1. DON'T PANIC.
2. When you see the X screen, Ctrl+Alt+F1 will take you to a text console
where you can log in and try to fix your X config. For hints read
/var/log/XFree86.0.log . Or post that to the list, you'll probably find
somebody who can help you.
3. Backup is never wrong, but normally a linux install does not affect the
windoze partition. Probably you don't have to reinstall anyway.
4. BTW, besides mc there are other good text-based things: emacs (editor),
mutt (mail), w3m (web browser), ... But I agree that it is more fun
to have X.
HTH, Joachim
On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 05:36:38PM +1200, Brian Swale wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have had Debian on my dual-boot machine for about 3 years but have not
> really been able to get it to do anything other than run MC.
>
> Yesterday, having got Bill McCarty's book and read much of it, I ran Xconfig.
> Having installed that, I closed the system down properly.
>
> Later, I started Debian again, and the boot process took me right into the X
> screen, with the user prompt and ID request on the X screen. I entered those.
>
> The machine promptly froze. None of the logout / kill commands worked, and
> after 10 minutes I just turned off the power.
>
> Startup later worked OK, Debian fixed broken files as far as I can tell, but
> again, the system took me right into the X screen, and the previous events
> were repeated.
>
> It seems to me that the only way out of this is to do a re-format and re-
> install. And to be on the safe side, I should back up all of my valuable
> Windows work on the other half of the machine.
>
> Are these correct conclusions?
>
> If I re-install Debian, then run Xconfig, how can I prevent the same mishap
> taking place again (X starting without being deliberately commanded by me)?
>
> Brian Swale
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Joachim Fahnenmüller
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Herder-Gymnasium
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51065 Köln
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