i installed kde 4.1.2 to play with,and thought i did everything right.
but i neglected to change back to run level 3.hence when i start slack,
it starts fine till it goes looking for the kdm theme,wich of course isnt
there.so it goes back the boot screen and im left with a blinking cursor.
so.....I used the install disk to mount dev/sda2 ,and this is where i get
lost! i used the pkgtool to remove kdm but that didnt work.
is there a way i can use the disk to access /etc/inittab and change the
runlevel?just for the record i used mount /dev/sda2 /mnt -t ext3 .
i tried a few things,but im not versed in recovery operations.
anyway could someone offer some help or advice?
i would greatly appreciate it!!
Rick

I would suggest that you run "chroot /mnt" to be able to use pkgtool after you boot with install disk.

Otherwise, if you just want to change run level in /etc/inittab and you used the mount point /mnt, I think you can just type then modify the file and then reboot witout the install disk.

Even in run level 4, there's a login on ctrl-alt-F6 you can use to get in. You shouldn't need the install media to fix this.

thanks for the help!!!both suggestions worked.I totally forgot the chroot
command,that made all the difference.
Thanks again!!!!!!!
Rick

Or you may even boot straight into runlevel 3, by passing "3" as a parameter to LILO. E.g. if the menu entry in LILO is "Linux" then hit Tab and write "Linux 3".