RE: [SLE] Why am I afraid to boot my 8.0?
-----Original Message----- From: JW [mailto:jw@centraltexasit.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 1:23 AM [...] Unfortunately in yast you ahve to change more than on thing. I forget which, but the *real* thing to do is edit /etc/inittab and change:
id:5:initdefault:
to:
id:3:initdefault:
System was fine until the next day when I turned the machine on and it FROZE AT THE GRAPHICAL LOGIN THAT I HAD TURNED OFF!!!
Yup. Because Yast2 under 8.0 oes NOT diable {k|x|g}dm
So, now, the questions.
1. Is there a key-press sequence I can use to bypass/turn-off the graphical login before it comes up?
No but it's running in virtual console 7, so even if it comes up you shoudl be able to switch to another with [CTRL]+[ALT]+[F1]
or F2, F3, ....
2. Am I missing anything in the settings to cause these lock-ups? The new NVidia drivers worked well for 3 months but now are costing me *way* too much time . Have you looked at /var/log/message?
How about stracing startx to see where it dies? Hint:
strace -f -s100 -o x.strace.log startx [...]
4. Finally, what could I have done to streamline this process initially? The initial problem seemed to be in a /tmp/lock* file--could I have just deleted the /tmp directory?
su - init 1 (or at least be sure to init 3. If you go with 3, shut down all running rcservices) cd /tmp rm -rf * init 3
Woohoo! Informative stuff, for somebody who doesn't already know everything. You and a guy named Anders, and maybe Zentara, ought to get together and run a newbie's Linux school. I'd pay... :-) It wasn't my question that you answered, but your answer was helpful for me anyway. Thanks, /kevin
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