Ben Frame wrote: >I need to boot my machine 1 time without loading the >window manager (fvwm2), is there any way to do this? A >key to press during the bootup maybe (like F8 in >windows)? Presumably you mean `without starting X'? (since fvwm2 is just another X program).
a) interrupt the LILO boot by pressing the Control key and type `linux single' in response to the boot prompt; that will put you in single-user mode and will not, therefore, start X. or b) edit g/etc/X11/config and change start-xdm to no-start-xdm [not relevant to the most recent versions of X where xdm is a separate package and /etc/X11/config is no longer used.] or c) allow xdm to start and use ctrl-R to terminate it at the login screen If you are able to log in through xdm, you can also get to a console screen by pressing ctrl-alt-F1 [and -F2, -F3 up to -F6] after your X session is up and running. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 ======================================== "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth." Psalms 121:1,2