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From: moss@BRL.MIL ("Gary S. Moss", VLD/VMB)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re:  Broken window manager
Message-ID: <8901240920.aa20482@VMB.BRL.MIL>
Date: 24 Jan 89 14:20:24 GMT
Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
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<If this happens to you, the way to log in without graphics so you can
<fix it is:
<	login: username NOGRAPHICS=
<...  I don't believe this technique is documented anywhere (a
<co-worker of mine originally found it with "strings" I believe) but
<it's effective.
Actually, it is documented; section 2.4.2 (N2-6) "Recovering From Errors"
in the "4Sight User's Guide" version 2.0, chapter name "Programming in NeWS".
They recommend:

	login_name	NOGRAPHICS=1

You mean you didn't read the documentation cover-to-cover before logging in?
For shame! :-)
-moss