RE: .bash_profile and TCP/IP

1997-12-30 Thread Robert Denver Crawford
I'm not sure that I'm doing this right, as I am new to the list thing, so bear with me. 2: I am also requesting suggestions for a study guide/brain candy type book on TCP/IP networking. If any of the Linux/*nix gurus or senior system administrators would make a suggestion

.bash_profile and TCP/IP

1997-12-29 Thread Ian Keith Setford
Happy Holidays, I have a 2 part question and as always I'd appreciate any and all information! 1: In my .bash_profile I would like to initiate X everytime I login at the console but not when logging in remotely. I experience 2 problems. 1. When I merely enter

Re: .bash_profile and TCP/IP

1997-12-29 Thread Brandon Mitchell
I believe you can do this by something like the following: if [ `tty | grep -v ttyp` != ]; then startx fi but I would test it first by replacing startx with echo hello world. Note, try echo $TERM to see why your other solution didn't work (should be linux). This eliminates the problem

Re: .bash_profile and TCP/IP

1997-12-29 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Ian Keith Setford wrote: Happy Holidays, I have a 2 part question and as always I'd appreciate any and all information! 1: In my .bash_profile I would like to initiate X everytime I login at the console but not when logging in remotely. I experience 2 problems.

Re: .bash_profile and TCP/IP

1997-12-29 Thread Martin Bialasinski
Ian Keith Setford [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1:In my .bash_profile I would like to initiate X everytime I login at the console but not when logging in remotely. I experience 2 problems. How about using xdm? It will give a X login at the console. Edit /etc/X11/config to