[ale] Mouse/X Windows question

Wandered Inn esoteric at denali.atlnet.com
Thu Jul 8 11:46:58 EDT 1999


Once you boot into X, switch to another console (via ctrl-alt-f2 for
example), login and fix your config.  While there you might want to
modify /etc/inittab so that you boot to console rather than X, until you
have verified you've fixed your X problem.

Justin Russell wrote:
> 
> I was playing around with my XConfig file last night and somehow managed to really mess up my mouse under X Windows.
> 
> I am running RedHat 6 and Gnome.  My setup is the default which auto-boots X when I boot my machine.
> 
> However, without my mouse I have no control.  Is it possible for force the boot into single-user/shell mode instead of autobooting X?
> 
> Alternatively, is there a way to control the mouse cursor without using the mouse?  (Yes I tried banging on keys, heh)
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Justin
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