On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 01:29:41AM -0700, Prasad Paranjape wrote: > > Thanks for the help. Actually I had a crude solution for it. > I renamed xdm to xdmold and so the calls to xdm through > S99xdm script in directories rcX.d (x = 3,4,5) was disabled. >
That sure is one way of doing it, and it would work :-) > > Anyway my solution is not as per right philosophy so would > surely be using your solution. > This is not my solution. This is as per the debian docs. It is surprising how many people using debian have never even done a "man update-rc.d"! I used to be on debian-users list for about 2 years ... that is the place for debian specific stuff. It is a high volume list, but maybe worth it to pick up debian spe- cific stuff. > > It is very starnge to know why init processes in different > distros are different. > This is the main difference between various distros.The kernel and apps remain the same. Essentially, there are two types of init processes, the bsd and the Syst-V, debian and RH follow the latter. > > For a person like me who is new to Linux ( I was totally a > windows guy... and not having comp.science background) it is > difficult to digest. > All of us have come about the same path... just keep on, there is nothing difficult or impossible, only a bit of brain-tease! Bish -- : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Using Aliases (csh shell/ clones) LOST #177 You can use aliases to decrease the amount of typing you need to do to get commands you commonly use. You can place them in your startup file (.login) as well. Under csh and tcsh: alias lf ls -FA alias ll ls -lA ####<From : freebsd fortune>################################## : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
