--- In [email protected], Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 25, 2006 at 12:02:36PM +0000, Bob wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I often use the Live-DVD Knoppix that came with the Linux Format's
> > issue 84. The DVD boots to a grub menu with Mepis and Knoppix
> > options. The normal Knoppix option automatically boots to the KDE
> > desktop. But I don't have heaps of memory, and I've come across a
> > program that requires more to run properly. So, I would like to
> > try to boot into a lighter window manager instead of KDE, but I'm
> > confused by the grub boot manager. I've tried to edit the boot
> > command line, but it didn't work -- it still booted to KDE.
> >
> > Does anyone know how to change the boot command line in grub so
> > that Knoppix will use a different window manager?
>
> I'm not sure about this one--however, I would think that it would
> be somewhere else, rather than grub. That is, usually, to have
> Linux boot into text mode, rather than an X session, you would edit
> /etc/inittab. There, you would set the default run level to a
> different level to get text mode.
>
> In this case, I would guess (I don't have a Knoppix or similar CD
> around) that some other file is what's making it boot into KDE.
> That is, grub is simply going to inittab, which goes to an rc level
> script (those things in /etc/rc.d) which is what is booting KDE.
>
> Hopefully, someone wiht more knowledge of Knoppix can help here.
> However, doesn't the KDE login usually give you a choice of
> session, so that you can choose another Window manager?
>
> > And if anyone knows which WM is lightest on resources, that would
> > be a great help too.
>
> This is always a tradeoff between resources and functionality and,
> even more importantly, what you are used to using. I like fluxbox
> which is much lighter than KDE, but still a little heavier than
> some others. In my case, I want to run a few gui apps, such as a
> browser, which I can do with fluxbox key shortcuts, and run some
> xterms. Other people appreciate that KDE or Gnome will do many
> things for them, such as configure printers, have their own mail
> client, etc.
>
> The lightest weight ones are probably things like weewm, evilwm and
> of course, twm. Most of these will give you various xterms, from
> which you can type your commands.
>
> I like fluxbox because it is still pretty light on resources, but
> still gives me a bit of eye candy if I want it.
>
>
> --
>
> Scott Robbins
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Thank you, Scott, for responding.
The problem is not a simple Knoppix CD or DVD, it's a Linux Format
Magazine DVD. That means they've rigged it so it has a grub boot
loader into whatever OS they put on the disk.
On a normal Knoppix disk, if I wanted a different window manager, I
would simply type in at the boot prompt:
knoppix desktop=twm
and it would load knoppix with the twm window manager instead of the
KDE default. But the LXF disk boots to a menu of OS/distro choices.
It also offers the option to edit a command line, and even create a
new one. I'm just at a loss as to how to do that from the grub interface.
Thank you also for the input on desktop resources. In this case,
though I normally use KDE for general stuff, I just want to run one
program (an online game). So, I don't need ANY bells or whistles.
I'll give twm a try.
Is no one familiar with the grub interface enough to edit a command
line boot?
BC
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