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From: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@home.com>
To: Chris Huisman <chuisman@telusplanet.com>
Subject: RE: xdm problems: urgent
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	Doug Denault <doug@safeport.com>
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On 15-Oct-2001 Chris Huisman wrote:
> Unfortunately ctrl-alt-F1 does not get me a text prompt.  Is there
> anything else I can do??

Boot into single-user mode and make the changes I mentioned in another
reply.

-- 
Conrad Sabatier <conrads@home.com>

While it may be true that a watched pot never boils, the one you don't
keep an eye on can make an awful mess of your stove.
                -- Edward Stevenson


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