Re: How to arrange for booting to console

2016-09-19 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 19 September 2016 21:23:05 Jude DaShiell wrote: > On Mon, 19 Sep 2016, David Wright wrote: > > Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 15:48:35 > > From: David Wright > > Reply-To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: How

Re: How to arrange for booting to console

2016-09-19 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Mon, 19 Sep 2016, David Wright wrote: Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 15:48:35 From: David Wright Reply-To: debian-user@lists.debian.org To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: How to arrange for booting to console Resent-Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 19:48:54 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user

Re: How to arrange for booting to console

2016-09-19 Thread David Wright
On Sat 17 Sep 2016 at 02:34:11 (-0400), Jude DaShiell wrote: > On Fri, 16 Sep 2016, David Wright wrote: > > >Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 09:38:31 > >From: David Wright > >Reply-To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > >Subject: Re: H

Re: How to arrange for booting to console

2016-09-16 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Fri, 16 Sep 2016, David Wright wrote: Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 09:38:31 From: David Wright Reply-To: debian-user@lists.debian.org To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: How to arrange for booting to console Resent-Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:43:51 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user

Re: How to arrange for booting to console

2016-09-16 Thread David Wright
I missed this reply until Lisi bumped the thread. These are my opinions, based of the pathetically little I know. On Sun 11 Sep 2016 at 18:52:59 (-0400), Harry Putnam wrote: > The Wanderer writes: > > > On 2016-09-11 at 17:04, Harry Putnam wrote: > > > >> How can I arrange to boot to console mod

Re: How to arrange for booting to console

2016-09-16 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 11 September 2016 22:54:23 david...@freevolt.org wrote: > If using systemd, these look relevant: > > How can I arrange to boot to console mode rather than X. > > > https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TipsAndTricks/#changingth >edefaultboottarget > > # ln -sf /usr/lib/sys

Re: How to arrange for booting to console

2016-09-11 Thread Tixy
On Sun, 2016-09-11 at 19:03 -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > AFAIK, the GRUB2 menu is defined from /boot/grub/grub.cfg; the headers > of that file say that it's generated from templates in /etc/grub.d/ and > settings in /etc/default/grub. > > Based on a quick look in those locations, you probably want

Re: How to arrange for booting to console

2016-09-11 Thread davidson
On Sun, 11 Sep 2016, Harry Putnam wrote: That sounds promissing. Used one of the methods below and quickly realized I was expecting a nice big framebuffered text console with a much higher resolution than the standard. (Previously my OS of choice was gentoo), But of course all that has to be se

Re: How to arrange for booting to console

2016-09-11 Thread The Wanderer
On 2016-09-11 at 18:52, Harry Putnam wrote: > The Wanderer writes: > >> On 2016-09-11 at 17:04, Harry Putnam wrote: >> >>> How can I arrange to boot to console mode rather than X. With >>> the ability to startx when I feel like it. >> The way I usually do it is to uninstall gdm, kdm, xdm, et

Re: How to arrange for booting to console

2016-09-11 Thread Harry Putnam
The Wanderer writes: > On 2016-09-11 at 17:04, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> How can I arrange to boot to console mode rather than X. With the >> ability to startx when I feel like it. >> [...] > The way I usually do it is to uninstall gdm, kdm, xdm, et cetera; those > are the packages which hook

Re: How to arrange for booting to console

2016-09-11 Thread davidson
If using systemd, these look relevant: How can I arrange to boot to console mode rather than X. https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TipsAndTricks/#changingthedefaultboottarget # ln -sf /usr/lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target With the ab

Re: How to arrange for booting to console

2016-09-11 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 11.09.2016 um 23:04 schrieb Harry Putnam: > How can I arrange to boot to console mode rather than X. With the > ability to startx when I feel like it. > > I'm not familiar with grub2 and the debian vm I'm using on a solaris > host appears to be using grub2. > > Can anyone stear me to the fil

Re: How to arrange for booting to console

2016-09-11 Thread The Wanderer
On 2016-09-11 at 17:04, Harry Putnam wrote: > How can I arrange to boot to console mode rather than X. With the > ability to startx when I feel like it. > > I'm not familiar with grub2 and the debian vm I'm using on a solaris > host appears to be using grub2. > > Can anyone stear me to the fil

How to arrange for booting to console

2016-09-11 Thread Harry Putnam
How can I arrange to boot to console mode rather than X. With the ability to startx when I feel like it. I'm not familiar with grub2 and the debian vm I'm using on a solaris host appears to be using grub2. Can anyone stear me to the files I'd need to edit?

Re: Booting to console is a non-event 0r give me back CLI

2003-04-04 Thread Pigeon
On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 07:09:46AM +0100, andy denton wrote: > Hello, > > After adding some applications that use elements of > gnome, the boot now > starts xdm directly. Prior to changes the boot started > a console, when > needed the xdm gui could be started using Alt + F7. > I wish to reinstat

Re: Booting to console is a non-event 0r give me back CLI

2003-04-04 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 07:09:46AM +0100, andy denton wrote: > After adding some applications that use elements of > gnome, the boot now > starts xdm directly. Prior to changes the boot started > a console, when > needed the xdm gui could be started us

Re: Booting to console is a non-event 0r give me back CLI

2003-04-03 Thread nate
andy denton said: > Hello, > > After adding some applications that use elements of > gnome, the boot now > starts xdm directly. Prior to changes the boot started > a console, when > needed the xdm gui could be started using Alt + F7. > I wish to reinstate that process. > So far I have found this on

Booting to console is a non-event 0r give me back CLI

2003-04-03 Thread andy denton
Hello, After adding some applications that use elements of gnome, the boot now starts xdm directly. Prior to changes the boot started a console, when needed the xdm gui could be started using Alt + F7. I wish to reinstate that process. So far I have found this on google, seems relevant to me. ¥¥

booting to console

2002-10-21 Thread Phil Reardon
How can I boot to the console? I am stuck in a loop at the graphical login screen due to a faulty XF86Config file (I think!) Phil Reardon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: booting to console

2002-10-21 Thread Russell
Phil Reardon wrote: > > How can I boot to the console? I am stuck in a loop at the graphical login > screen due to a faulty XF86Config file (I think!) ctrl-alt F1 su root /etc/init.d/xdm stop Substitute xdm for any other login manager if needed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: booting to console

2002-10-21 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 09:12:30AM -0600, Phil Reardon wrote: > How can I boot to the console? I am stuck in a loop at the graphical login > screen due to a faulty XF86Config file (I think!) Please read the archives. We *just* finished this one earlier tonight. -- Baloo msg08334/pgp0.pg

Re: booting to console

2002-10-21 Thread David A. Rogers
Try Ctrl-Alt-F2 to get to another console session. Then apt-get remove xdm - or try to get it installed correctly. dar On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Phil Reardon wrote: > How can I boot to the console? I am stuck in a loop at the graphical login > screen due to a faulty XF86Config file (I think!) > > P

Re: booting to console

2002-10-21 Thread Bijan Soleymani
Phil Reardon wrote: How can I boot to the console? I am stuck in a loop at the graphical login screen due to a faulty XF86Config file (I think!) Phil Reardon You can boot from a floppy or a cd. Then mount your drive, fix the problem and reboot. Or if you're feeling lucky you can hold cont