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On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 6:51 PM, <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote: |
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> Marco <listworks@×××××.com> [09-10-06 18:44]: |
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>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> > Marco wrote: |
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>> [...] |
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>> > What happens if you emerge xorg-server with hal disabled? |
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>> Cannot try this since I am not able to do anything as long as I am not |
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>> able to boot in to text-mode only... X is in default runlevel. |
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>> -- |
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>> Regards, |
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>> Marco |
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>> |
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> Hi Marco, |
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> |
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> bad and ugly: |
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> Boot into grub menu (I only know this for grub, other bootmangers |
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> should have similiar). |
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> Inhibtit automatic boot by moving the select bar up and down with the |
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> cursor keys. |
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> If you have locked grub with a password (you have?) enter "p" and |
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> enter the password. |
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> Move the select bar onto the commandline, which give the kernel |
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> parameter. |
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> Press "e" for edit. |
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> Goto the end of the line |
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> Enter ' 2' after the last parameter. |
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> Press "b" for "boot". |
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> You will end up on a commandline and you will be able to login. |
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> By the way: |
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> By giving " init=/bin/sh" instead of " 2" you can bypass the root |
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> and any other login. |
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> Thats why it is important to lock grub with a passsword. |
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> |
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> Thats only my lightspeed, your time machine brand may vary ;) |
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Thanks for that tip, but no success with it. I just found out about |
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the interactive boot mode ;-) |
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