Hi!
To shut down X temporarily, you can do the following:
* Switch to a virtual console (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and log in as root.
* Execute the command '/etc/init.d/xdm stop' or '/etc/init.d/kdm stop'.
* Now, do whatever (you can even test X using 'startx' from a virtual
console).
* When you're ready
Attribution lost writes:
Uninstall the xdm package. Then X won't startup on boot.
Oswald Buddenhagen writes:
a bit too radical, i think ...
Why? If you don't want to use xdm why not remove it?
just modify the initdefauld entry /etc/inittab (at least on suse).
But not on Debian. man
On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 05:15:05AM -0800, Andy . wrote:
I just installed Debian 2.1
After it completed the 1st part of the install when it reboots to complete
the process an install the packeges it seem to hang.
The last message it says during the boot up process is...
mounted local
I just installed Debian 2.1
After it completed the 1st part of the install when it reboots to complete
the process an install the packeges it seem to hang.
The last message it says during the boot up process is...
mounted local file systems...
not mounted anything
If I hit control-c I can
I recently installed Debian on my machine. When running Emacs20, I can't
get a cursor over the text. It works over highlighted text, inverted, etc,
but not over default text. This makes files extremely difficult to edit.
But, it doesn't happened in any other program that I can see. I tried
Huang Yan wrote:
I've just downloaded and installed Debian, the following problems were
encountered:
1. My PC have 2 harddisks and 1 CD-ROM:
Primary IDE Master: 4.3G (hda), LBA MODE
Primary IDE Slave: NONE
Secondary IDE Master:SONY
Subject: Re: New Debian user needs help: Problems about partitioning,
booting from harddisk, etc.
On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, Huang Yan wrote:
I've just downloaded and installed Debian, the following problems were
encountered:
1. My PC have 2 harddisks and 1 CD-ROM:
Primary IDE Master
I've just downloaded and installed Debian, the following problems were
encountered:
1. My PC have 2 harddisks and 1 CD-ROM:
Primary IDE Master:4.3G (hda), LBA MODE
Primary IDE Slave: NONE
Secondary IDE Master: SONY CD-ROM(CDU611)
Secondary
On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, Huang Yan wrote:
I've just downloaded and installed Debian, the following problems were
encountered:
1. My PC have 2 harddisks and 1 CD-ROM:
Primary IDE Master:4.3G (hda), LBA MODE
Primary IDE Slave: NONE
Secondary IDE
I've just purchased a new Dell computer it is a pII 400 with 256 memory
10.4 meg hard drive I would like to put I'm trying to install debian and
I'm not having any luck. Could anyone help me? So far I have make the
rescue disk and drivers disk and booted with the rescue disk when I try
to do the
On Sat, 1 Aug 1998, Mrpeabody wrote:
I've just purchased a new Dell computer it is a pII 400 with 256 memory
10.4 meg hard drive I would like to put I'm trying to install debian and
^^^ I hope you meant Gig :)
I'm not having any luck. Could anyone help me? So far I have make the
Manoj Srivastava writes:
...as it stands, most packages arrange to invoke the configuration
utility/script out of the postconfig script anyway; so the config script
is run by dpkg with no assistace from Deity.
...
Any enhancements to configuring packages, thus, has to be implemented by
Hi,
Daniel Martin pointed out exactly what I wanted to say, but in better
words. Thanks.
On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, Daniel Martin wrote:
Having read the original post, I was under the impression that this would
be a desirable state, not necessarily an expression of the current state.
On 23 Oct
On 21 Oct 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Lukas Eppler writes:
This is also better for debian, because every package comes with its own
config tool.
This is news to me. What config tool comes with cnews? with suck? with
pppd?
You're right, I should have said it the other way: every
Hi,
Daniel == Daniel Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Daniel So... Does diety attempt to integrate the configuration tools
Daniel that do come with some of the Debian packages? And what about
Daniel the question earlier of having the configuration menus that
Daniel appear during initial setup
On 22 Oct 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, I'm fairly familiar with it, having used it to (among other things)
configure cnews since the early 1980's. However, I was responding to
someone who claimed that every Debian package includes a config tool.
Having read the original post, I was
Hi,
john == john [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
john Couldn't the postconfig script register the configuration utiliy
john with an admin tool so that the utility would appear in a menu
john when the admin tool is run?
When there is a standard admin tool, then the packages that do
have a
Hi,
Lukas == Lukas Eppler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Lukas When the postconfig went wrong, there should be a standard
Lukas place/method to rerun the config, which should be as clear as
Lukas installing.
Lukas I would like to invoke dpkg --setup on a package to invoke the
Lukas script, or let
From: Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED]
When there is a standard admin tool, then the packages that do
have a config script shall doubtless do so ;-)
I expect to be able to announce a tool pretty soon.
Bruce
--
Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it?
Linux - the
On Tue, Oct 21, 1997 at 07:32:20PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: This is news to me. What config tool comes with cnews? with suck? with
: pppd?
I've got this great one. It's flexible in its operation, and very
extensible.
vi.
--
Jason Costomiris | VMS is about as secure as a
I wrote:
What config tool comes with cnews? with suck? with pppd?
Jason Costomiris writes:
I've got this great one. It's flexible in its operation, and very
extensible.
vi.
Yes, I'm fairly familiar with it, having used it to (among other things)
configure cnews since the early 1980's.
Will Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'd argue, in the *nix fashion, that a bunch of little, specific,
WELL-DOCUMENTED admin tools is better -- one for net, smail, sendmail,
etc... A great example is the tzconfig script -- it's small, does it's
work well, and doesn't involve tremendous
On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Will Lowe wrote:
On Tue, 21 Oct 1997, Ted Harding wrote:
...
I'd argue, in the *nix fashion, that a bunch of little, specific,
WELL-DOCUMENTED admin tools is better -- one for net, smail, sendmail,
etc... A great example is the tzconfig script -- it's small, does
Ted Harding writes:
I'd argue, in the *nix fashion, that a bunch of little, specific,
WELL-DOCUMENTED admin tools is better -- one for net, smail, sendmail,
etc...
I agree. The general admin tool would just provide centralized access to
these.
Lukas Eppler writes:
This is also better
There was an effort to outline a configuration (administration) tool on
debian-admintool, but the discussion was very hot and then cooled down to
silence.
However, the goal was much higher than expanding the install menu.
Marcus
--
Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.
Marcus Brinkmann
[EMAIL
At 04:37 PM 10/19/1997 -0700, George Bonser wrote:
There was an effort to outline a configuration (administration) tool on
debian-admintool, but the discussion was very hot and then cooled down to
silence.
However, the goal was much higher than expanding the install menu.
Still, it would be
On Sun, 19 Oct 1997, Stuart Krivis wrote:
For example, I can get a new Caldera install up and on the net within
minutes. Debian was not so accommodating. No modem. No modemtool app. No
LISA. Ok, MAKEDEV cua1. Dial... connected... ping junior.apk.net ---
network unreachable
cua1 is bad,
On Sun, 19 Oct 1997, Stuart Krivis wrote:
For example, I can get a new Caldera install up and on the net within
minutes. Debian was not so accommodating. No modem. No modemtool app. No
LISA. Ok, MAKEDEV cua1. Dial... connected... ping junior.apk.net ---
network unreachable
Hi Stuart,
I
For example, I can get a new Caldera install up and on the net within
minutes. Debian was not so accommodating. No modem. No modemtool app. No
LISA. Ok, MAKEDEV cua1. Dial... connected... ping junior.apk.net ---
network unreachable
cua1 is bad, don't use it. Not good with file
At 10:49 PM 19/10/97 -0400, Brandon Mitchell wrote:
On Sun, 19 Oct 1997, Stuart Krivis wrote:
For example, I can get a new Caldera install up and on the net within
minutes. Debian was not so accommodating. No modem. No modemtool app. No
LISA. Ok, MAKEDEV cua1. Dial... connected... ping
On 20-Oct-97 A. M. Varon wrote:
Example, to change the hostname, you could do that with lisa. But the
truth is, you could easily edit /etc/HOSTNAME and it would give you the
same effect. Please note that this apply not only to linux but other
variants of unix as well. So knowing this is a very
At 09:19 PM 10/19/1997 -0700, George Bonser wrote:
On 20-Oct-97 A. M. Varon wrote:
Example, to change the hostname, you could do that with lisa. But the
truth is, you could easily edit /etc/HOSTNAME and it would give you the
same effect. Please note that this apply not only to linux but other
George Bonser writes:
I, for one, would much rather have some sort of a tool so I can get back
to enjoying my system and not spend as much time configuring it.
So would I. Can we get a project going to create one?
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
On Mon, Oct 20, 1997 at 08:10:09AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
George Bonser writes:
I, for one, would much rather have some sort of a tool so I can get back
to enjoying my system and not spend as much time configuring it.
So would I. Can we get a project going to create one?
As I
On 20-Oct-97 Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
But perhaps it is just better (and more efficient) to write more and good
documentation, instead of more and bad code...
Just my 2 cent on this.
Marcus
This comment is spot-on. Linux is now so complicated (and varied) that, if
you don't know it already, it
On Tue, 21 Oct 1997, Ted Harding wrote:
But perhaps it is just better (and more efficient) to write more and good
documentation, instead of more and bad code...
do even something simple correctly. This is why people call for software
admin tools: you can hope that the tool has the
I'm currently thinking about making the move to debian.
I've been using Caldera Network Desktop, and now Caldera Open Linux, for a
while now. It has shielded me from many of the nitty-gritty tasks that are
necessary to keep a unix system healthy. However, it has also let me get my
work done with
Hello Stuart!
On Sun, Oct 19, 1997 at 08:11:33AM -0400, Stuart Krivis wrote:
I'm currently thinking about making the move to debian.
Ok, let's talk about debian :)
I've been using Caldera Network Desktop, and now Caldera Open Linux, for a
while now. It has shielded me from many of the
On Sun, 19 Oct 1997, Stuart Krivis wrote:
[ Thinking of a Caldera - Debian switch ]
FreeBSD has an excellent package management system and it would be right up
my alley. The problem is that it's BSD and that's not the direction I want
to go in. So, I'm looking at the debian distribution. I've
On 19-Oct-97 Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
Now for the tough part. :-)
I want to be able to use some of the things I've grown used to with
Caldera. In particular, LISA (Linux Installation and System Adminstration)
is a life-saver. It allows me to easily change hardware and network
settings. I'm
On Sun, Oct 19, 1997 at 10:04:32AM -0700, George Bonser wrote:
On 19-Oct-97 Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
Now for the tough part. :-)
I want to be able to use some of the things I've grown used to with
Caldera. In particular, LISA (Linux Installation and System Adminstration)
is a
Dieter Rohlfing wrote
The 2 PCs are SCSI-only systems, HDs and CDROM are SCSI-2. Here are the
main hardware components:
Hi
May be this is a hint.
I am trying to install Debian 1.3.1 on a SCSI only system right now.
For me only booting from the cd-rom doesn't work.
(LDLoadlin ... something and
On Fri, 22 Aug 1997, Dieter Rohlfing wrote:
Tim Sailer wrote:
Do you have an early 2940 in the machine? I had this same problem,
and had to get a BIOS upgrade from Adaptek.
It's revision B with BIOS 1.21
The 2940 and it's chipset are considered beta, at best. I have a
production
Hi Dieter Rohlfing; unless Mutt is confused,on Aug 22, you wrote :
Hi Mark,
thanks a lot for your reply.
The 2 PCs are SCSI-only systems, HDs and CDROM are SCSI-2. Here are the
main hardware components:
- Mobo Shuttle HOT-419 (VLB with Opti chipset), AMD486/133, 32 MB RAM
- Adaptec
Hi Craig,
thanks a lot for your replay.
for the record, i've built at least half a dozen debian systems with
adaptec 2940 scsi controllers. with no problems. most of these are
running linux 2.0.29 or 2.0.30. Installing them was straight-forward,
just boot off the boot/rescue floppy and
Hi Damir,
thanks a lot for your reply.
I have VLB2842 based card and I _never_
got a stock boot disk to work with that setup
It's not only the 2842, but the 2940, too.
The problem seems to be due to whole _slew_ of different SCSI driver
probes on the stock boot floppy which confuse the
Hi everybody,
since 2 weeks I'm trying to install the debian linux distribution, first
attempt was with 1.2.8, second with 1.3.1. Both resulted in crashing
down during the boot process (look for subject install problem: aic7xxx
encountered spurious IRQ / aborting command due to timeout).
During
In your email to me, Dieter Rohlfing, you wrote:
Hi everybody,
since 2 weeks I'm trying to install the debian linux distribution, first
attempt was with 1.2.8, second with 1.3.1. Both resulted in crashing
down during the boot process (look for subject install problem: aic7xxx
encountered
Tim Sailer wrote:
The 2940 and it's chipset are considered beta, at best.
True. I *always* install the latest driver which is rarely in the
current Linux kernel.
For example, the default Adaptec 2940U driver (aic7xxx) in 2.0.30 does not
do shared IRQs without a tiny patch to
Tim Sailer wrote:
Do you have an early 2940 in the machine? I had this same problem,
and had to get a BIOS upgrade from Adaptek.
It's revision B with BIOS 1.21
The 2940 and it's chipset are considered beta, at best. I have a
production system with a 4 month old 2940 in it that runs
with
In your email to me, Dieter Rohlfing, you wrote:
Tim Sailer wrote:
Do you have an early 2940 in the machine? I had this same problem,
and had to get a BIOS upgrade from Adaptek.
It's revision B with BIOS 1.21
That's fairly recent I think..
The 2940 and it's chipset are considered
Hi Mark,
thanks a lot for your reply.
The 2 PCs are SCSI-only systems, HDs and CDROM are SCSI-2. Here are the
main hardware components:
- Mobo Shuttle HOT-419 (VLB with Opti chipset), AMD486/133, 32 MB RAM
- Adaptec AHA2842 (IRQ 11)
- ATI Graphics Turbo (Mach32 mit 2 MB VRAM)
- NE2000
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