Re: xdm/shell login

1999-10-23 Thread Ethan Benson
On 22/10/99 Dave Wiard wrote: i've been running potato and want to give gnome a shot. since i have xdm running, if i screw anything up, i'll need to fix my problems. with xdm running, is there a way to get a shell login so i can fix the file locally? control - alt F1 F2 etc give you the

Re: xdm/shell login

1999-10-23 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 09:56:30PM -0700, Dave Wiard wrote: i've been running potato and want to give gnome a shot. since i have xdm running, if i screw anything up, i'll need to fix my problems. with xdm running, is there a way to get a shell login so i can fix the file locally?

Re: xdm/shell login

1999-10-23 Thread Jonathan Heaney
Dave Wiard wrote: i've been running potato and want to give gnome a shot. since i have xdm running, if i screw anything up, i'll need to fix my problems. with xdm running, is there a way to get a shell login so i can fix the file locally? Dave Wiard [EMAIL PROTECTED] CS - Western

Re: xdm/shell login

1999-10-23 Thread Dave Wiard
Thanks guys. I knew there was a way to switch consoles, but I couldn't remember how to make it happen. That worked great! btw: enlightenment 0.16.0 is broken with potato. it hangs it loads completely. i could just have a completely messed up potato, too. i've never done this before. Dave

Re: xdm/shell login

1999-10-23 Thread John Hasler
Dave Wiard writes: enlightenment 0.16.0 is broken with potato. it hangs it loads completely. I installed it last night. Works. -- John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED]Do with it what you will. Dancing Horse Hill Make money from