On 10/7/07, jekillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello; > I've installed Debian 4.1 and would like to know how to > drop out of Xwindows into a console display. It seems > to be different from distro to distro. I tried F1, F2, etc; > command F1, F2, etc; > alt F1, F2, etc > shift F1, F2, etc > control F1, F2, etc. > So what is the magic incantation on Debian? > Xwindows usually runs on tty7or tty8 as I > recall from Mandrake and Yellow Dog. And > it is accessed via F7 or F8.
In X it is ctrl-alt-F?. On the consoles it is just alt-F? X is on F7 > Another question, I have installed without > the installation process contacting a mirror site. > The machine is on local net and I have had > another machine function as an http proxy > but disabled the proxy function because someone > discovered I was running a proxy for outbound > net traffic and was using it to bounce request > and tie up my network connection (static ips). It should be possible to make the proxy work only for your internal network. > So, now if I want to install software from the > cds, I assume I need a public net connection. > Is that a correct assumption? You can install software from the CDs without any network at all. > I can hook it up to a public ip address directly just > for the sake of software installation, BUT I would > rather not. > > Does Debian use tcpwrappers? I don't know if it does by default, but the package is certainly in the repo as libwrap and tcpd. Cheers, Kelly -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]