--- Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > As far as I'm aware this is not true (since runlevels 3,4 and 5 are > all > > the same in gentoo). The only way to avoid booting into kdm is to > either > > change the value of DISPLAYMANAGER in /etc/rc.conf to something > else > > (gdm or xdm or ome of the new e managers) or to remove xdm from the > > default runlevel > > > > rc-update del xdm default > > > > as root > > > > changing the runlevel from 5 to 3 only stops X loading on RedHat > and > > RedHat derived linux distros. > > > > Have Fun, > > Joel. > > Joel, > You may well be right. I'm no guru about this stuff, and I don't > know > much about the specifics of Gentoo runlevels. I don't emerge KDE or > Gnome > under any circumstances on my machines, and I'm not even sure if I > have kdm. > (Boy, I'm dumb!) ;-) > > My Gentoo machines get built with just a text type login and > happily run > nothing but fluxbox for X. This strategy works for me on my Gentoo > machines, > and works on my Redhat machines where 3, 4 & 5 are a bit different. > Maybe > I'm speaking out of school here. Sorry if I've not contributed.
No worries Mark. I knew what your were getting at and I new it didn't apply to my situation specifically for KDE. I run fluxbox on 2 of my other machines. The one with the problem is the womans pc and she has to have her nice kool gui or she's lost. Thanks anyways, Joshua Banks __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
