Use <ctrl><alt>F1 to get into a tty. Or hold the left shift key down on bootup, and boot up into linux single at the boot prompt.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ("shadowze") writes: > My install was going just fine until until I installed X on and ran the > XF86 setup. Was curious about it. I can hand edit the xf86.cfg if needed > or run the xf86config. During the setup, my bus mouse wasnt recognized so I > quit the set up and on the next boot I guess xdm was written and now I cant > log in through the x screen. > > Is there a way to stop the boot process before xdm starts? > If not I guess I will have to reinstall. > > Im on the digest and not on USER so make sure Im cc:'d. > Thanks in advance. > Robert Black > -- /*********************** Running Debian Linux *********************** * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 * * W. Paul Mills * Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. * * EMAIL= [EMAIL PROTECTED] * WWW= http://Mills-USA.com/ * * Bill, I was there several years ago, why would I want to go back? * ************* pgp public key on keyservers everywhere? *************/