Arch Linux

detto

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Registered: 2006-01-23

Posts: 510

disabling KDM

hey there!

long time no see, im trying my hands on arch again in vmware. so far no problems, but i added kdm to quickly to the DAEMONS array i guess: when booting arch it now loads kdm and then X freezes because i got no xorg.conf (and no vmware video driver afaik).

how can i disable kdm to make my arch work again?

pheon

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From: Berlin, Germany

Registered: 2008-05-14

Posts: 91

Re: disabling KDM

Howdy,
In GRUB, give the kernel the bootoption 1 or 3 (when the bootmenu is prompted, move arrowkeys to stop the auto-boot-countdown (as far you haven't disabled it anyway), press e to edit the boot-options for the wanted kernel and add 1 (space one) at the end). This will boot the system in the particular runlevel. There you are able to modify /etc/rc.conf and remove KDM form the daemonarray.

Hope this solves it four you!

Best regards

Last edited by pheon (2008-08-12 19:00:49)

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detto

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Registered: 2006-01-23

Posts: 510

Re: disabling KDM

runlevel 3 didnt work, tried that already.
but runlevel 1 did the trick, thanks for your help.