Re: Prevent X Windows Starting up
On Tuesday 26 Aug 2003 1:58 pm, Sarah Forbes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an install of the unstable distribution with a 2.4 Kernel. When I
> boot up, my keyboard and mouse become disabled as soon as the log in
> manager displays.
>
> Can you tell me how to stop x-windows from starting during the boot
> process so that I can try and find the cause of the issue. I cannot
> disable x windows from the command line because I can never get in.
>
> If you have any clues as to what might be causing my keyboard to disable
> in the first place, I would be very grateful to hear them.
>
> Many Thanks
> Sarah
>
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hi
you could try booting from the first install cd. at the boot: prompt type
rescue and it will try to boot from the kernel on the disk with /dev/hda1 as
the root partiton. it might not work if you have ext3 or resier as your file
system. I think this will give you the command line.
peter
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