Quoting L R Dirienzo Jr ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I locked up X-Windows. I had run Red Hat 6.0 on a PC for about a year, and > the install was no problem. I decided to go to debian and the install was > fine, but X-Windows would not run, and it failed because the /dev/mouse file > did not exist. I just created a blank /dev/mouse file to see if X would run > without a mouse and thus locked up my system.
cd /dev ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse If psaux does not exist, mknod psaux c 10 1 rather than just making an ordinary file. > X-Windows is set to load by default? I made the Linux boot diskette. How > can I stop X-Windows from starting by default so I can remove my mouse file. Boot it with "linux single" to go into single-user mode. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
