[Wednesday 09 February 2005 17:53] Tim Cowlishaw (stop xwindows from loading at boot): > sorry if this is a dumb / old question, > i have just completed a debian install on an old dell laptop, and > have succesfully got xWindows / GDE to launch at startup. however... > i didn't configure the mouse properly, so everytime i boot into > debian, i'm confronted with a desktop i can't use. therefore, i was > wondering if there is any way i can get back to the console at boot > in anyway? bear in mind i can't just quit gnome, as my mouse doesn't > work. If it's a default install, changes are you have an sshd running, so you might be able to log in from another machine and apt-get remove gdm. Or, if your keyboard functions properly, you could just switch to a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F1 or some such) to do the same thing. Cheers, Tom -- key: http://tmp.verbreyt.be/files/abwaerts.asc
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