Re: X hanging the whole system at startup

[Mariano Kamp <mkamp@gmx.de>]

> At the "boot:" prompt, enter something like "linux single" to start the 
> kernel named/symlinked "linux" in single-user mode. Once you're in, you 
> can find the offending session manager (gdm, xdm, kdm, wdm ,etc) and 
> disable it (in various ways - "apt-get remove [?]dm", rename/delete the 
> startup script, rename/delete the symlink to the startup script, "exit 
> 0" as the first executable line in the startup script, use the 
> "update-alternatives" system to disable it, etc).
I don't know hwy, but lilo doesn't ask for anything. It just starts without prompt. 

Any idea what that is?

Mariano

On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 18:44, Kent West wrote: 
> Mariano Kamp wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> >   I installed woody and after booting the machine x hangs the whole
> > machine (at least numlock doesn't work anymore). Is there anyway to
> > interrupt the startup procedure to prevent x from starting?
> 
> >   I am also wondering what the reason for that is? Issuing startx by
> > hand does work. 
> 
> Probably because startx calls a different window manager than the 
> automatic startup does (or the problem is in your sesssion manager - 
> more likely).
> 
> >   Does anybody know where I do set the window manager (xdm etc?).
> 
> "session manager", not "window manager". Assuming you have multiple 
> session managers installed, you can configure which one will be active 
> using the "update-alternatives" tool. Or you can manually edit the 
> scripts in /etc/init.d or the symlinks in /etc/rc2.d (assuming run level 
> 2 is your default runlevel and this is the location from which the 
> session manager is being started).
> 
> Kent
> 
> 
> 
> 
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