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I have setup a service to load LXDM on boot, however I am running i3WM but I don't have a terminal emulator installed.
How can I log into command-line and bypass LXDM so I can install a terminal emulator?
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You can press CTRL+ALT+F1 - CTRL+ALT+F6 to switch between virtual consoles. Usually on the first X would run, but you should be able to use one of the others to login to the command-line.
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The seventh VT is also quite common when using a DM.
I don't know about LXDM, but other DMs offer a 'console login'. And you can always boot into multi-user.target using a kernel parameter: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sy … _boot_into
Last edited by Raynman (2015-10-02 09:53:24)
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Figured it out, have to mount with the iso loaded. Cheers!
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You can press CTRL+ALT+F1 - CTRL+ALT+F6 to switch between virtual consoles. Usually on the first X would run, but you should be able to use one of the others to login to the command-line.
Thanks for this, that's awesome!
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Or you could specify multi-user target on the kernel line so the DM is not started.
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
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