Re: X hanging the whole system at startup
To get the prompt edit /etc/lilo.conf and uncomment 'prompt' and
'timeout'. Then run lilo and reboot and you will have a prompt.
On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 10:00:04PM +0200, Mariano Kamp wrote:
>
> > 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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