On Monday, Jul 28, 2003, at 11:35 US/Central, Lansing, Dan wrote:

> Ok….out of boredomIjust went and installedDebianon my laptop and made 
> a stupid mistake….
>
> I started the X server with no WM installed….smart huh???

actually X comes with twm. If X is "Flashing" as you say, something is 
wrong with the configuration and _that's_ why X won't start. Have a 
look at /var/log/XFree86.0.log for some possible reasons why.

>
> NowIhave this pretty flashing screen that will allow me to do 
> nothing….i have tried CTRL+ALT+BKSPC and nothing happens…samewith 
> CTRL”+ALT+ESC…short of power cycle nothing works….whenIrebooted it 
> went straight away into X
>
> How doIget back to my loverly CLI and fix my fsck-up? Alsowould the 
> fact thatIused my XF86Config from myFreeBSDinstall on the same laptop 
> be an issue?
>
  Dan LansingDan Lansing
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Ben Lutgens
System Administrator, Server Wizard, Email Guru
US Admins, Inc


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