Re: Spontaneously aborting X startup during Linux boot process
On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:06:31 +0100, Juan Ignacio Gaudio wrote:
> I broke my X (again) trying to install a graphics device driver on my
> Vostro 1000, so now I don't have video and the keyboard does not
> respond.
>
> I just need to be able to change to a console tty and restore the
> previous xorg.conf. But as X starts automatically I can't manage to do
> that before X crashes and I lose the keyboard again... do you know of a
> way of changing the runlevel to just console (no X) or aborting X
> startup during Linux boot process (some key combination or anything).
>
> I'm running Debian Lenny.
In addition to all the good advice you got, remember that you could also
login into the machine via SSH (should you have it enabled) and make the
changes from there. X is crashing, not the whole system ;-)
Greetings,
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Camaleón
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