Cannot get console login at Lucid startup

[Dave Hunt]

Hi,

I know this isn't strictly an accessibility thing, but I seem to have 
exhausted all other possibilities.

I'm running Lucid from a live cd of about 5 days ago.  When I start the 
system and attempt to login at the audible prompt, my system locks up on 
most attempts.  Why it works sometimes, especfialy  if I wait about a 
minute, is a mystery.  Anyway, I've removed the file "/etc/init.d/gdm", 
as suggested in the Ubuntu forums.  Also, I have run "sudo update-rc.d 
gdm remove", also as suggested.  Gdm is nowhere in system services; I've 
looked with bootup manager and sysv-rc-conf.  What am I missing?

To start this system, I do as follows:

power on;
wait for audio prompt;
switch to another console;
log in;
enter "sudo gdm-stop";
enter my password;
wait about 3 seconds;
type "startx".

When I hear the music, I wait about 30 seconds, then manually start 
orca.  When I start this way, I have to manually authenticate my wifi 
connection and enter login password to unlock the keyring.

This problem did not present when I installed the system.  Any ideas?


Best Regards,


Dave  H.