On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 22:01, Kevin Mark wrote: > 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 5 is run all that is installed as the preferred solution 4 is run all that is installed as the preferred solution > 3 is run networking 3 is run all that is installed as the preferred solution > 2 is single user mode 2 is run all that is installed as the preferred solution > so: > linux 3 And on Debian you would be wrong - Debian sets the runlevels 2-5 identically, and leaves it to the sysadmin to decide if they should be different on any particular machine. "linux single" is the surest way to get a single user mode. > 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 -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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