From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Samuel Subject: Re: How do I stop GUI from autoloading? Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 10:51:11 -0700 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3EC9198F.9080600@bcgreen.com> References: <20030510100903.GA1586@localhost.localdomain> <5.1.0.14.1.20030510082110.01eae2b0@celine> <20030510160917.GA890@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20030510160917.GA890@localhost.localdomain> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Amin , linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Amin wrote: > On Sat, May 10, 2003 at 08:42:05AM -0700, Ray Olszewski > wrote: > > >>I did not see the original posting, and I can't find it >>anywhere. Amin's response does not indicate whether the >>original posting mentioned the Linux distro involved, and >>he does not do so. And Amin's advice is not > > > Sorry, I found the original post in Google Groups: > http://groups.google.com/groups?q=mlist.linux.newbie&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search > > And here it is: > > From: Workman (david.rust@watkinsmfg.com) > Subject: How do I stop GUI from autoloading? > Newsgroups: mlist.linux.newbie > This is the only article in this thread > View: Original Format > Date: 2003-03-30 08:00:16 PST ..... >>log in). In that case ... typically, distros that run xdm >>also open a hidden console on /dev/tty1, which one can >>access by pressing CTRL-ALT-F1 when the xdm display is >>active. You can then log in, make any needed changes, and >>reboot. > > > That is a good idea, but I was afraid that it would mess > around with X. I tried it once (I'm using RH8.0), and it > seemed to hose my X server. ctrl-alt-F1 should not mess with X (It's messed up, anyways, so who cares). It simply moves you to a different virtual terminal. X is still running. ctrl-altF7 (on redhat) will move you back to the X screen. It might be a differnt screen number for Turbo Linux... (just go through all 12 ctrl-alt-F[n] sequences if you can't find it). >>Finally, if even that does not work, at the lilo prompt >>(assuming we're talking about an install that uses lilo), >>instead of accepting the default load, you can usually >>enter "linux single" to boot/init into single-user mode >>with a console rather than X presented. > > > I assumed Linux was the lone OS on the PC, so there was no > bootloader. There will be a boot loader... be it Lilo, GRUB, or whatever. watch the boot sequence closely. -- Stephen Samuel +1(604)876-0426 samuel@bcgreen.com http://www.bcgreen.com/~samuel/ Powerful committed communication, reaching through fear, uncertainty and doubt to touch the jewel within each person and bring it to life. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs