Re: prevent local login, retain file access on network

2009-09-24 Thread steve
On Fri, 2009-09-25 at 10:38 +1200, Roger Searle wrote: Hi, I have a kubuntu 8.04 LTS machine acting as a file server (samba) for our network with various users / permissions set up. Given that from time to time I use the machine for the odd desktop-related task or to do things I've not

stop booting to gui?

2009-09-24 Thread Bryce Stenberg
Hi, Can someone please give me a quick pointer to where I stop my machine booting to the gui? I installed Ubuntu server. Then also installed Ubuntu-desktop to get a gui when I want one. But now I can't find where to tell it not to use the gui until I type 'startx' or something along those

Re: prevent local login, retain file access on network

2009-09-24 Thread Roger Searle
steve wrote: On Fri, 2009-09-25 at 10:38 +1200, Roger Searle wrote: Hi, I have a kubuntu 8.04 LTS machine acting as a file server (samba) for our network with various users / permissions set up. Given that from time to time I use the machine for the odd desktop-related task or to do

Re: stop booting to gui?

2009-09-24 Thread steve
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop ( or kdm - I think =- if you're one of those strange people who prefer KDE (: ) Remove the symbolic link /etc/rc2.d/Sxxgdm and it won't start automagically. On Fri, 2009-09-25 at 14:35 +1200, Bryce Stenberg wrote: Hi, Can someone please give me a quick

Re: stop booting to gui?

2009-09-24 Thread Ryan McCoskrie
On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:35:07 Bryce Stenberg wrote: Hi, Can someone please give me a quick pointer to where I stop my machine booting to the gui? I installed Ubuntu server. Then also installed Ubuntu-desktop to get a gui when I want one. But now I can't find where to tell it not to

Re: stop booting to gui?

2009-09-24 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 2:59 PM, steve st...@greengecko.co.nz wrote: On Fri, 2009-09-25 at 14:55 +1200, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: Got to your terminal and type:       sudo gedit /etc/inittab This should give you  a blank editor window to work with Type into it:       id:3:initdefault and

Re: prevent local login, retain file access on network

2009-09-24 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Roger Searle ro...@stepahead.org.nz wrote: steve wrote: On Fri, 2009-09-25 at 10:38 +1200, Roger Searle wrote: Hi, I have a kubuntu 8.04 LTS machine acting as a file server (samba) for our network with various users / permissions set up.  Given that from

Re: OT, Re: Good broadband provider in Christchurch

2009-09-24 Thread yuri
Andrew Errington wrote: Ummm, I have no phone line, but I get up to 100Mbps via FTTH with no data cap.  I pay about $30 per month. This is in a small rural town in South Korea. Compare apples with apples! NZ is waaay behind places like South Korea. It may be economies of scale, or Korea might

Re: prevent local login, retain file access on network

2009-09-24 Thread Roger Searle
Nick Rout wrote: On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Roger Searle ro...@stepahead.org.nz wrote: steve wrote: On Fri, 2009-09-25 at 10:38 +1200, Roger Searle wrote: Hi, I have a kubuntu 8.04 LTS machine acting as a file server (samba) for our network with various users /

Re: prevent local login, retain file access on network

2009-09-24 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Roger Searle ro...@stepahead.org.nz wrote: Thanks - was just reading your post in the other thread and thought this looks to be an ideal solution. yeah its good to be able to post the same answer twice in one day! although it would not stop Joe User from

Re: stop booting to gui?

2009-09-24 Thread Hadley Rich
On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:11:51 Nick Rout wrote: The correct answer is sudo update-rc.d gdm remove this will remove gdm (which starts X) from startup. What he said. You may need a -f in there too? hads -- https://nicegear.co.nz VoIP and Open Source Hardware

Re: Linux audio synchronisation

2009-09-24 Thread Stephen Irons
Andrew Errington wrote: On Wed, September 23, 2009 15:44, Andrew Errington wrote: http://www.lesbell.com.au/Home.nsf/b8ec57204f60dfcb4a2568c60014ed0f/c4b39482154feb03ca256f8100150ad9?OpenDocument Actually, that article mentions Rosegarden, which I think is probably what you need.