Steve, At 03:10 PM 10/29/2009, you wrote: >Mark Cason wrote: > > >set the init level to 3 in /etc/inittab > > > >from: > >id:5:initdefault: > > > >to: > >id:3:initdefault: > > > > >That won't quite work. Ubuntu, and most Debian-based distributions, no >longer have a "multiuser/text mode" runlevel by default. Runlevels 2 >and 3 are both "multiuser, graphical" levels. Runlevel 3 is the default >in my experience.
It kinda depends on the flavor of *nix you're using. Solaris and HP use runlevel 3 as the default. Many Linux variants use runlevel 5, which in Solaris shuts down the OS and powers off the machine. Much of what determines what runs in what runlevel is based on the scripts in the /etc/rc. directories. Runlevels can be pretty flexible, depending on what you as the sysadmin decide to include or remove from the rc. directories. On my Linux machines here at work, if I'm running in, or drop to runlevel 3, I go from a graphical windows manager to a console that's pure command line. >The way to get a non-graphical login is to disable GDM in a runlevel, >and set that as the initrunlevel. If I remember correctly, there are >other things that may need to be disabled as well - I just don't >remember which things at the moment. > > >and then put startx in ~/.bashrc > > > >echo "startx" >> ~/.bashrc > > > > >I think just running emc should start X, but I'm not sure. I know that >I had seen this behavior before - run a graphical app from the console, >and X is loaded for you. I don't think it exits automatically though. That's unusual behavior unless the app looks for the X to be running, and if it finds it's not, starts it up. It also depends on what inet deamon/services daemon is running, and whether or not it starts/restarts the daemon. > >As for setting the windowmanager to fluxbox, it's been too long since > >I've messed with windowmanagers. > > > > >You should be able to install something relatively lightweight, like >XFCE, though I'm not sure exactly how to make that session be your >default. There are almost certainly some tutorials on that on the web. > >You also have the option of installing Ubuntu from the server (text >mode) disc, then installing EMC2 on that. The dependencies will pull in >X and various other things, but shouldn't bring in things like >openoffice (as far as I know). If you install XFCE first, that should >be the default session manager. > >- Steve Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
