>Debian 2.0 installed on my machine amazingly easy, including ppp >connectivity. However, now that I'm trying to get X up, things have >bogged down. In trying to debug XF86Config, my system is caught in> an >endless loop it cannot get out of. The problem is that xdm somehow is in >the boot sequence and now I can't shut it off. Ctrl/Alt/BS kills the >server, but it immediately comes back up. I've tried rebooting with the >boot floppy and the rescue floppy, but as soon as the file system is >mounted and fsck'ed, the disfunctional X comes right back.
I had exactly the same problem. >How can I get out of this endless loop so I can fix XF86Config? This is >a stand-alone machine, so it cannot be remotedly accessed. what I did was boot the machine with the CD I used for the installation. Once this boots up, you're are able to switch to the second virtual console with alt-F2. Once you do this you are root. Then I mounted my root partition, and I was able edit the /etc/rc?.d directories and take out XDM from the bootup. Probably not the right way to do things but I don't really need XDM anyway. After that, I umounted the root partition, took out the installation CD and booted with my normal boot floppy. >Once I can stop the looping, I can start figuring out why the server >only comes up in 340x200 mode and why /dev/psaux doesn't work as a >Microsoft mouse port. I'm suffering the same problem here aswell - so if you have any luck be sure and mail me. Brian Sheehan >Thanks, >Harry Hersh