Well, if he didn't before, he does now ;-) Dave At 01:06 PM 08/19/2001 -0400, you wrote: > Great answer Dave. I'm wondering if the originator of this question >realizes that just because his computer boots up and "locks up" he may still >be able to gain access through a different terminal session? He didn't state >if he tried changing terminals (Alt-Ctrl-F1 or F2, or F3, etc...). > Dan B > >Dave Sherman wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Keith, > > > > As root, edit /etc/inittab, and look for a line like this: > > id:5:initdefault: > > > > Change the 5 to a 3, and reboot your system to see it take effect. This > > number represents the run-level of your system during boot. A run-level of > > 5 indicates start X right away and launch a graphical login manager. A > > run-level of 3 indicates a text-mode start-up. > > > > Dave > > > > On Sunday 19 August 2001 10:52 am, thus spake Keith Lynn: > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > I have written about this problem before, but I'm not sure if > > > anyone's found a solution. The problem is that with the Intel 810/815 > > > Chipset, KDE will freeze when logging on. It doesn't happen all the > > > time, but when it does happen no key combination will do anything. Is > > > there a way to bypass this screen and start X from the command prompt? I > > > am using Mandrake Linux 8.0.
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