Re: Xfree86 and Knoppix (Brian Swale's original problem)
On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 11:09:20PM +1200, Brian Swale wrote:
> Hi Colin,
>
> Xfree86 takes control right from the time Debian boots - before I can
> enter my user-name and password.
It did this to me when I first installed Debian. Unfortunately this was a
couple of years ago so I can't remember quite how I fixed it.
Like you I do not use lilo: I boot into DOS and use Loadlin. Also like you I
did not have a working mouse.
I _think_ I logged in to the GUI, then either I shut it down ("ended my X
session") or opened an xterm (by using keystrokes), then deleted any script
in /etc/rc?.d that looked like it referred to X (ie. seemed to mention X in
its filename).
The "tricky" part was getting to some sort of command prompt. However
"tricky" is a relative term. I managed it using no more info than that which
is in the book "Learning Debian GNU/Linux" that came with my Debian CD, plus
a bit of messing around with whatever weird key combinations I could think
up! Possibly Ctrl-Alt-Fx was involved, but I have a feeling that it was not.
Having got a command prompt I looked in /etc/rc?.d and it was immediately
obvious from the filename which script to blast.
Sorry this is a bit vague. I haven't touched X since I managed to stop it
loading automatically those years ago; one of my favourite things about
Linux is the command line interface. To write software that uses graphical
output I use svgalib.
Finding my new installation booting itself with a GUI was a definite
fist-through-the-screen moment. Might I suggest that this feature of the X
installation is a bad idea?
HTH,
Pigeon
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