Re: Install problems: X and virtual consoles

2001-03-07 Thread Eric Richardson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Type 'linux single' at the LILO prompt (press Shift to get the prompt). You'll boot into single user mode. This is what I needed. To remove the X/Gnome display manager from your startup scripts, try '/etc/init.d/xdm' remove (or '/etc/init.d/gdm remove' if you're

Re: Install problems: X and virtual consoles

2001-03-07 Thread ocorrain
I selected xdm on install but loaded the gnome packages on install. I want to run Gnome so how do I get gdm and remove xdm? apt-get install gdm? Precisely. It should remove xdm and substitude gdm seamlessly... Cheers Tiarnan

Re: Install problems: X and virtual consoles

2001-03-07 Thread Eric Richardson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I selected xdm on install but loaded the gnome packages on install. I want to run Gnome so how do I get gdm and remove xdm? apt-get install gdm? Precisely. It should remove xdm and substitude gdm seamlessly... Wow, I like this Debian stuff. Thanks for the

Install problems: X and virtual consoles

2001-03-06 Thread Eric Richardson
Hi, I don't know if this is because of a laptop keyboard or what but since my X setup doesn't work I can't do anything after boot. I try the ctrl-alt-bs to kill the x server and that doesn't work. I also try ctrl-alt-f2 etc to get a virtual console so I can kill X and that doesn't work. What is

Re: Install problems: X and virtual consoles

2001-03-06 Thread ocorrain
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 03:26:04PM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: Hi, I don't know if this is because of a laptop keyboard or what but since my X setup doesn't work I can't do anything after boot. I try the ctrl-alt-bs to kill the x server and that doesn't work. I also try ctrl-alt-f2 etc to