Re: [ Ubuntu-BD ] ttyLinux Help needed
The recovery mode or the single-user mode doesn't suit your needs? If you don't want GUI every time you boot (but want services like httpd, ftpd, ssh, etc. to run), then you can stop GDM from loading by using the method I mentioned on my last mail (there are other ways to do it as well). I think you're confused about runlevel 3 or the multi-user text mode provided by other distributions such as Red Hat, but Ubuntu/Debian works in a different way. Here, runlevel 1 = single-user mode, and runlevel 2 to 5 = multi-user mode. If this doesn't clear up the issue, then please reply, and if anyone else on the list has anything to add, then please do. On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Masum Masum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanx for the reply. But how to have a separate entry in GRUB to log on in command prompt. I mean like recovery mode there will be a separate choice to log in to command prompt and separate choice for GUI. Plz advice. -- ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd -- No Microsoft products were used in the preparation or transmission of this message. Russell John | Bangladesh Linux Users Alliance 1024D/91F003D2 | (+88) 0161-Russell | http://russelljohn.info -- ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
Re: [ Ubuntu-BD ] ttyLinux Help needed
On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:57 AM, Masum Masum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanx for the reply. But how to have a separate entry in GRUB to log on in command prompt. I mean like recovery mode there will be a separate choice to log in to command prompt and separate choice for GUI. Plz advice. To add a new boot option to a GRUB boot menu you need to edit the file /boot/grub/menu.lst Open this file and look into the commands there. It is well-documented. Set title, root, kernel, initrd options to your desired values. Whenever you install a new Linux distro in a machine where grub is already installed with another Linux distro, do not install grub or lilo again. Instead boot into the previous installation and edit the file mentioned above. If the previous distro is ubuntu you can run sudo update-grub instead of manually editing menu.lst file. Of course, this only applies if you intend to keep your previous Linux installation. Nasim -- M. Nasimul Haque, M.Sc.(SUST) Wessex Institute of Technology Southampton, UK -- ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
Re: [ Ubuntu-BD ] ttyLinux Help needed
On Hardy, comment out the line /usr/bin/gdm on the /etc/X11/default-display-manager file. Now reboot your machine, and you'll be taken to the multi-user command line mode. To go back to GUI, just type sudo gdm. Alternatively, you can also issue the command sudo update-rc.d -f gdm remove to remove GDM from the rc.d scripts. To go back to the default settings, type sudo update-rc.d gdm defaults. To log in to your user account from the recovery mode, type login. To go back to GUI, press CTRL+D on the prompt. On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 11:54 PM, Masum Masum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HI all I am now multibooting hardy and geexbox via GRUB. Now i want to make a very lightweight CLI based Linux without any X . So I am trying with ttylinux. I have compiled the whole OS but it is coming with LILO by default . How to change it to GRUB? In Hardy what entry should I make to boot into CLI or how to stop GDM totally. The gdm stop command does not kill the desktop. I want to have a separate entry in GRUB to boot in only CLI from existing installation for saving battery power. I have tried the recovery mood but it logs me as root and i could not figure out how to logoff from there to the user mood. Plz advice. Thanx. -- ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd -- No Microsoft products were used in the preparation or transmission of this message. Russell John | Bangladesh Linux Users Alliance 1024D/91F003D2 | (+88) 0161-Russell | http://russelljohn.info -- ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
Re: [ Ubuntu-BD ] ttyLinux Help needed
Thanx for the reply. But how to have a separate entry in GRUB to log on in command prompt. I mean like recovery mode there will be a separate choice to log in to command prompt and separate choice for GUI. Plz advice. -- ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
[ Ubuntu-BD ] ttyLinux Help needed
HI all I am now multibooting hardy and geexbox via GRUB. Now i want to make a very lightweight CLI based Linux without any X . So I am trying with ttylinux. I have compiled the whole OS but it is coming with LILO by default . How to change it to GRUB? In Hardy what entry should I make to boot into CLI or how to stop GDM totally. The gdm stop command does not kill the desktop. I want to have a separate entry in GRUB to boot in only CLI from existing installation for saving battery power. I have tried the recovery mood but it logs me as root and i could not figure out how to logoff from there to the user mood. Plz advice. Thanx. -- ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
