Re: X hanging the whole system at startup
Ok, problem is I cannot login at all, because the machine is booting up
and then crashing.
Do I need to reinstall and try without X first and make very cautios
steps?
Mariano
On Fri, 2002-09-13 at 20:23, anko wrote:
> 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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