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silverhammermba

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Registered: 2011-04-14

Posts: 156

[SOLVED] .xinitrc won't start WM

I just made a stupid mistake. I added a new startup process to .xinitrc but stupidly forgot to background it (&) so my window manager no longer loads. Now when I finish booting I'm stuck staring at a black screen. How can I get back to a terminal in order to change .xinitrc?

And I fixed it. Should've google first. Ctrl-Alt-F2 got me back in.

Last edited by silverhammermba (2011-04-26 13:39:03)

Inxsible

Forum Fellow

From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: [SOLVED] .xinitrc won't start WM

1) Ctrl + Alt + F(2-6)
2) login
3) Edit .xinitrc to the way you want it.
4) logout (optional)
5) login at tty1

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JokerBoy

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From: România

Registered: 2009-09-24

Posts: 641

Re: [SOLVED] .xinitrc won't start WM

CTRL+ALT+F1,F2,etc.

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