At 11:42 PM 6/17/2003 +1200, cr wrote:
On Thursday 12 June 2003 08:32, Ray Olszewski wrote:
(snip for bandwidth)
> >2. /etc/inittab will always start *some* init script (this is as close to > >autoexec.bat as you will get with Linux), and that script in turn > >customarily runs a bunch of other init scripts, each of which sets up some > >piece of the OS or starts some background process. Locations vary, but one > >example of where they are is > > /etc/init.d for the actual scripts > > /etc/rc2.d for symlinks to the ones run at runlevel 2 > > (there will be a corresponding /etc/rc?.d for > > each runlevel, including an /etc/rcS.d for > > single-user mode) > > > >Look in the directory for the default runlevel for a symlink with a name > >something like "S99xdm". To stop xdm from starting during boot/init, > >remove this symlink. > >(This is the less common method of starting xdm, but the one I am more > >familiar with, since Debian does it this way.)
Picking up on that thread, I'm running Deb 3.0, logging into Gnome, and I'd very much prefer a text login. My /etc/inittab contains # The default runlevel. id:2:initdefault:
and /etc/rc2.d contains S99gdm -> ../init.d/gdm
*Before* I change things I'd like to make absolutely sure - removing (or renaming) S99gdm will leave me with a text login, right? (I don't wish to remove it and then find I can't get back in! :)
To be "absolutely" sure, check /etc/inittab for lines of this form:
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6I have no real doubt that your system will offer a standard console login, but seeing that these lines are present (the ones above come from Debian Sid, but this is extremely standard inittab content) is as close to "absolutely" as I can get you.
The other thing to do is to check that when you do start X via gdm, the consoles are present. From the gdm display, you should be able to access them by pressing CTRL-ALT-F1 through CTRL-ALT-F6.
And then, to start X, do I just use 'startx' as I'm used to with RH? (There seems to be one in /usr/X11R6/bin though its contents are somewhat cryptic to me).
It's been awhile since I did a Debian-Woody install, but my memory is that there is some specific package you need to install to get startx. If you did a standard X install of Woody, it was probably included. But your phrasing "seems to be" gives me pause -- either an executable app (a script, actually) of this name *is* or *is not* present. Try checking with "which startx".
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