On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 13:22:56 -0800, Dylan Beaudette composed: > for configuring the services that run in yourt current runlevel, i would > recomend 'rcconf'. you might have to apt-get it, but it is a nice little > cmnd line app for sorting out the various services!! > > just my 2cents > > dylan
i like file-rc, ti's easy to manage, and serves me well. > > Michel D�nzer said at �Re: Frozen cursor after logout; CLI escape�. > [2002/11/01 12:32] > > > On Fre, 2002-11-01 at 20:53, Marc Stergionis wrote: > > > > > > I have been using (since root obviously can't log in graphically) > > > control-option-F1 to get a command line to use as root, > > > > Better never log in as root at all. sudo or su is your friend. > > which i am quickly finding out :) > > > but can't figure out how to toggle back out of that (to the user login) > > > > alt-F7, where alt can be option or command depending on the keymap. > > alt-f# is your friend too :). > > > and when I try to log in as my user, the screen tells me there's > > > already an xserver running (the existing graphic login screen). > > > > You could start another one with startx -- :1 . > > > > > > > Also, whenever I do use graphic login to start a user session, and > > > then logout to the graphic login screen, may cursor is *always* > > > frozen, even though it just worked in the previous session. > > > > This has been reported before, unfortunately I don't remember if any > > solution has been found yet. one workaround is to move the mouse around while this is happening: when the GUI goes down, start moving your mouse around, and do this until you see that the mouse is working - you'll see that it is or not when you get the grey moir� (?) pattern on-screen and the big X cursor. by the time you are at the screen, you'll know that it worked or not. if not, kill the X server, then try again. i do this when i'm running *dm. which i don't always, but when i did so a lot more, i was getting this - even in potato XFree 3.3.6., and stumbled on it one day when i got pissed off to just mess with the mouse, and found this little trick. hope it helps. simon > > > > > > -- > > Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer > > XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
