Screwed up gdm AND kdm...Now I can't even get into a console
Running Ubuntu 9.10...
I was messing around with gdm/kdm and now BOTH of them are screwed up... It boots into "rescue" mode but none of the options work...not even droping into a console (the screen just goes black) I've also tried pressing CTL+ALT+F[1-9] ...still can't get a console.... I AM, however, able to boot from the live CD and mount /dev/sda1 and... Code:
root@livecd# chroot /mnt Code:
root@chroot# dpkg-reconfigure gdm Code:
root@chroot# dhclient for example, if this was fedora/rhel/centos...I could do... Code:
yum -y --installroot=/mnt install gdm -C Moderators: PLEASE move this if it's in the wrong forum...because I need help :) |
You can boot into runlevel 3 (every service started except gui) by specifying the runlevel number as a kernel parameter. In grub select the entry you will boot, press 'e' and append " 3" at the end, then press enter.
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Okay fixed now...
I edited the /boot/grub/grub.cfg file from a livecd and set the all the timeouts to 10 (that way I can get the grub screen) Then when the grub screen came on I added "single" to the kernel parameters Upon boot I chose "root prompt with networking" from the menu Then I did the following once I got into a root shell (with networking FYI...) Code:
root@host# apt-get remove kdm Hopefully this helps someone out there :) -C |
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