On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 14:11, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > Is there a way to boot into a "safe-mode" instead of having xdm start? I > didn't configure it properly. When it starts up I get a totally useless > screen of junk. I need a way to boot the computer to the prompt instead of > having xdm start. Is it possible? There are different runlevels: 6 is reboot 5 is run X and networking 3 is run networking 2 is single user mode so: linux 3 is what I would say. Then you can type 'startx' are you using: /usr/sbin/mkxf86config /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86cfg /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config-v3 -Kev > > I tried running my install CD with "rescue" instead of install, but it > boots and uses xdm, which does'nt help me. > > thanks! > > emma > > -- > Emma Jane Hogbin > Xtrinsic -- Kevin Mark <kmark@pipeline.com>
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