Unable to login: XFree fails at boot-time

[Mark Jaffe]

On 8/16/02 16:54, "Mark Jaffe" <wizards44@earthlink.net> wrote:

> I had recently re-installed YDL 2.3 on my Pismo (was running 2.2 nicely) and
> tried it a couple of times (I run OS X 10.1.5 mostly).
> 
> Yesterday I decided to boot YDL and during startup I saw an error from gpm
> then later I am unable to login (I have it set to graphical login.)
> Obviously, if gpm fails at startup there is no mouse device so X fails to
> load. Now it is stuck in a loop trying to get to a login screen. I don't
> remember how to boot into single-user screen to disable graphical login.
> 


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