On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 03:26:04PM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: > Hi, > I don't know if this is because of a laptop keyboard or what but since > my X setup doesn't work I can't do anything after boot. > > I try the ctrl-alt-bs to kill the x server and that doesn't work. I also > try ctrl-alt-f2 etc to get a virtual console so I can kill X and that > doesn't work. > > What is the correct way to boot up to the point where X start. Like boot > to single user mode or something. What file control the final runlevel? > > Eric :-)
Type 'linux single' at the LILO prompt (press Shift to get the prompt). You'll boot into single user mode. Enter your root password, and check /etc/init.d for xdm/gdm. To remove the X/Gnome display manager from your startup scripts, try '/etc/init.d/xdm' remove (or '/etc/init.d/gdm remove' if you're using Gnome). Now type 'telinit 2' to bring the system to runlevel 2. You should be presented with a virtual console, and Alt-F[1-6] should switch consoles. When you've sorted out your X problems, check 'man update-rc.d' to boot your computer into X directly. Good Luck! Tiarnan