On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 6:51 PM, <meino.cra...@gmx.de> wrote: > Marco <listwo...@gmail.com> [09-10-06 18:44]: >> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Marco wrote: >> [...] >> > What happens if you emerge xorg-server with hal disabled? >> >> Cannot try this since I am not able to do anything as long as I am not >> able to boot in to text-mode only... X is in default runlevel. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Marco >> > > Hi Marco, > > bad and ugly: > > Boot into grub menu (I only know this for grub, other bootmangers > should have similiar). > Inhibtit automatic boot by moving the select bar up and down with the > cursor keys. > If you have locked grub with a password (you have?) enter "p" and > enter the password. > Move the select bar onto the commandline, which give the kernel > parameter. > Press "e" for edit. > Goto the end of the line > Enter ' 2' after the last parameter. > Press "b" for "boot". > You will end up on a commandline and you will be able to login. > > By the way: > By giving " init=/bin/sh" instead of " 2" you can bypass the root > and any other login. > Thats why it is important to lock grub with a passsword. > > Thats only my lightspeed, your time machine brand may vary ;)
Thanks for that tip, but no success with it. I just found out about the interactive boot mode ;-)
