Matthew Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ObeseWhale wrote: > > > 1. Debian keeps starting X as soon as I boot into linux. It give me the > > graphical login screen and everything. This is annoying because I don't > > seem to be capable of exiting X... Is there any way to stop Debian from > > running xdm on startup? > > You can uninstall xdm (apt-get remove xdm).
Or disable/remove the symlinks in /etc/rc[0-6].d/. Then you can still start manually with `/etc/init.d/xdm` should you be so inclined. > > 2. My ethernet card, a Netgear fa310tx, came with a driver disk. The disk > > has a linux directory with but one file 'tulip.c', which is clearly the > > driver... How do I install this to get my ethernet card working? > > I don't really know... I'd probably try 'gcc -c tulip.c', followed by > 'insmod tulip.o'. Isn't there a readme or anything on the disk? There is a tulip driver in /lib/modules/2.2.x/net that you can install via `insmod tulip.o` in the standard distribution. No need for you to compile it yourself. > > 3. Is there any way to stop 8bpp as being the default color depth for X and > > switch it to say, 16bpp. I know I could startx using -- - 16bpp but I'm a > > little lazy and just want 16bpp to be the default. > > The answer for that is in the XFree86 howto: > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-HOWTO/x102.html#AEN152 Edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config, set DefaultColorDepth to whatever you please in the Screen section and restart X. -- Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development
