On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 13:01:14 -0400 Haines Brown <[email protected]>, "To:dng"@lists.dyne.org, "Cc:Bcc:"@tupac2.dyne.org wrote:
> What is this environment (it has a chartreuse background), and how do > I get rid of it? How do I get rid of the gui login (xdm, gdm, kdm etc > not installed) so that I can run the machine from console without X > system? Hi Haines, You can find out what Display Manager you're running by doing this: ps axjf | less The display manager runs the windowmanager/desktopenvironment, which runs a bunch of other stuff. Once you find the name of the display manager, I would think you could simply apt-get remove it. If that doesn't work, you can always sabotage it by renaming it or something. I do that all the time. By the way, before you uninstall or sabotage the display manager, make sure your init system gives you adequate ttys. Assuming you're using sysvinit, this is done in /etc/inittab, toward the end. Once you're safely booting to CLI on a virtual terminal, you can create or edit ~/.xinitrc to declare your window manager starter program. For instance, here's mine: ============================================= #exec /home/slitt/dwm-6.0/dwm #exec /usr/bin/startlxde & #exec /usr/bin/lxpanel xrandr --output default --mode 1920x1080 exec /usr/bin/openbox-session #exec /usr/bin/xfce4-session #exec /usr/bin/fvwm ============================================= As you can see, from time to time I change my windowmanager. That xrandr is a workaround to an exotic Debian Wheezy video problem, and you can safely ignore it. SteveT Steve Litt August 2015 featured book: Troubleshooting: Just the Facts http://www.troubleshooters.com/tjust _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
