Re: Unwanted Graphical Login and other woes...
On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote: On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Andrew J Fortune wrote: I don't know what I have done, but Linux (using slink) is now booting up to a graphical login. This is not what I want at the moment, and I was wondering if anyone knew what the problem might be ? this is not normally a problem, but I am trying to resolve other problems associated with startx and file resolutionand this is not allowing me to test some things. You probably have xdm installed. You can either remove the package with dpkg or disable the automatic startup by removing the symbolic links in /etc/rc[0-6].d/S??xdm. To do this with the login screen, first switch to another virtual console using the Alt-F? where ? in 1, 2, 3, ... actually it's CTRL-ALT-F?...where? in 2, 3, 4, ...
Re: Unwanted Graphical Login and other woes...
Brian Servis wrote: *- On 9 Jun, Andrew J Fortune wrote about Unwanted Graphical Login and other woes... I don't know what I have done, but Linux (using slink) is now booting up to a graphical login. This is not what I want at the moment, and I was wondering if anyone knew what the problem might be ? this is not normally a problem, but I am trying to resolve other problems associated with startx and file resolutionand this is not allowing me to test some things. Sounds like xdm is installed and thus starting up as the system boots. Probably the easist thing to do is remove the xdm package. Use dselect, apt or dpkg. As root issue the command: dpkg --remove xdm If you don't wan't remove it but just disable it, as root issue the command: update-rc.d -f xdm remove This will remove the xdm links in /etc/rc[2-5].d that point to the /etc/init.d/xdm script. Then at a later date when you want xdm to start back up, issue: update-rc.d xdm defaults 99 01 I have heard that in order to have a text console at login, you have to set the initdefault action to 3 in the file /etc/inittab. However, it is already set to 3, but Linux still is presenting me with the graphical login ! I think this pertains to RedHat. Debian by default does not have a non-X run-level. I think a proposal has been submitted to have this changed though. If you want to you can just manually delete the S99xdm symlink from /etc/rc2.d and have inittab us run-level 2 as the default. -- Brian - Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis - -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null Or it could be login.app/wdm/kdm - dpkg --remove login.app wdm kdm frankie -- Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff. --Peter de Vries http://www.skunkpussy.freeserve.co.uk - Drum'n'Bass music, samples and links. ICQ://25576761 begin:vcard n:;Frankie x-mozilla-html:TRUE adr:;; version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] note:Trainee Linux Guru x-mozilla-cpt:;0 fn:Frankie end:vcard smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Unwanted Graphical Login and other woes...
I don't know what I have done, but Linux (using slink) is now booting up to a graphical login. This is not what I want at the moment, and I was wondering if anyone knew what the problem might be ? this is not normally a problem, but I am trying to resolve other problems associated with startx and file resolutionand this is not allowing me to test some things. I have heard that in order to have a text console at login, you have to set the initdefault action to 3 in the file /etc/inittab. However, it is already set to 3, but Linux still is presenting me with the graphical login ! ...Also, for some reason, my backspace key is no longer being recognized when I am in an xterm or emacs session. Methinks the answers lie in the dreaded xf86config which has been giving me merry helltalk about teething problems. Any help appreciated. Thanks.
Re: Unwanted Graphical Login and other woes...
*- On 9 Jun, Andrew J Fortune wrote about Unwanted Graphical Login and other woes... I don't know what I have done, but Linux (using slink) is now booting up to a graphical login. This is not what I want at the moment, and I was wondering if anyone knew what the problem might be ? this is not normally a problem, but I am trying to resolve other problems associated with startx and file resolutionand this is not allowing me to test some things. Sounds like xdm is installed and thus starting up as the system boots. Probably the easist thing to do is remove the xdm package. Use dselect, apt or dpkg. As root issue the command: dpkg --remove xdm If you don't wan't remove it but just disable it, as root issue the command: update-rc.d -f xdm remove This will remove the xdm links in /etc/rc[2-5].d that point to the /etc/init.d/xdm script. Then at a later date when you want xdm to start back up, issue: update-rc.d xdm defaults 99 01 I have heard that in order to have a text console at login, you have to set the initdefault action to 3 in the file /etc/inittab. However, it is already set to 3, but Linux still is presenting me with the graphical login ! I think this pertains to RedHat. Debian by default does not have a non-X run-level. I think a proposal has been submitted to have this changed though. If you want to you can just manually delete the S99xdm symlink from /etc/rc2.d and have inittab us run-level 2 as the default. -- Brian - Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -
Re: Unwanted Graphical Login and other woes...
On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Andrew J Fortune wrote: I don't know what I have done, but Linux (using slink) is now booting up to a graphical login. This is not what I want at the moment, and I was wondering if anyone knew what the problem might be ? this is not normally a problem, but I am trying to resolve other problems associated with startx and file resolutionand this is not allowing me to test some things. You probably have xdm installed. You can either remove the package with dpkg or disable the automatic startup by removing the symbolic links in /etc/rc[0-6].d/S??xdm. To do this with the login screen, first switch to another virtual console using the Alt-F? where ? in 1, 2, 3, ... -- Jean Pierre
