Bob Chin wrote:
> "Gunther C. Hebein" wrote:
>
> > I got another problem:
> > My root-partition is full. As I decided for an graphical login when I
> > installed Mandrake, the XServer is loaded before you can login.
> > But the Server doesn't start anymore, maybe because the root-partition
> > is full. The server more or less hangs until i press Ctrl-Alt-Del.
> >
> > How can I stop the loading of the graphical login, so that I can delete
> > some files from the root-partition in textmode?
> >
> > MfG
> > Gunther
>
> you need to edit /etc/inittab
> look for the line id:5:initdefault:
> and change it to id:3:initdefault:
Sorry, I misunderstood your question. I didn't realize you just wanted to
temporarily disable the graphical logon. My solution is more of a permanent
one. If the xserver crashed, you can also try typing Ctrl-Alt-F1,F2,F3 to
get another console where you can log in and kill the xserver.
