Re: Screen power save in console mode

2022-06-13 Thread David Wright
On Mon 13 Jun 2022 at 10:14:36 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: > Jeremy Ardley composed on 2022-06-13 15:49 (UTC+0800): > > > I have a Debain (Armbian) server that does not boot to any form of > > window manager, so what is seen on the screen is just the command console. > > > What I would like  to

Re: Screen power save in console mode

2022-06-13 Thread Felix Miata
Jeremy Ardley composed on 2022-06-13 15:49 (UTC+0800): > I have a Debain (Armbian) server that does not boot to any form of > window manager, so what is seen on the screen is just the command console. > What I would like  to do is have the console screen go into screen power > save mode after s

Re: Screen power save in console mode

2022-06-13 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On 2022-06-13 03:49, Jeremy Ardley wrote: I have a Debain (Armbian) server that does not boot to any form of window manager, so what is seen on the screen is just the command console. What I would like  to do is have the console screen go into screen power save mode after some period and recover

Screen power save in console mode

2022-06-13 Thread Jeremy Ardley
I have a Debain (Armbian) server that does not boot to any form of window manager, so what is seen on the screen is just the command console. What I would like  to do is have the console screen go into screen power save mode after some period and recover when keyboard or mouse are used. Is th

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-22 Thread Felix Miata
Felix Miata composed on 2017-10-17 17:40 (UTC-0400): > Brian composed on 2017-10-17 20:54 (UTC+0100): >> On Tue 17 Oct 2017 at 15:30:36 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: >>> Startx continues to work more or less as always in Mageia, just as in >>> Debian, >>> though not necessarily perfectly: >>> https

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-21 Thread Felix Miata
David Wright composed on 2017-10-21 11:34 (UTC-0500): > On Fri 20 Oct 2017 at 04:42:53 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: >> It's not resolutions per se, but resolution increases have considerable >> tendency >> to carry higher pixel density, notwithstanding the considerable average >> density >> diff

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-21 Thread David Wright
On Fri 20 Oct 2017 at 04:42:53 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: > David Wright composed on 2017-10-19 17:00 (UTC-0500): > > > On Wed 18 Oct 2017 at 19:22:53 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: > > >> Finding a wanted app to run from a classified tree list of 30 or 40 or 50 > >> or > >> more applications is e

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-20 Thread Felix Miata
David Wright composed on 2017-10-19 17:00 (UTC-0500): > On Wed 18 Oct 2017 at 19:22:53 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: >> Finding a wanted app to run from a classified tree list of 30 or 40 or 50 or >> more applications is easier for most people than remembering the name and any >> required startup o

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-19 Thread David Wright
On Wed 18 Oct 2017 at 19:22:53 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: > Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă composed on 2017-10-18 20:47 (UTC+0200): > > > I never understood the need for desktop managers. I use Debian since > > hamm and Linux/Unix since 1995. My take is that desktop managers are > > for people more used t

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-18 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 07:22:53PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă composed on 2017-10-18 20:47 (UTC+0200): > > > I never understood the need for desktop managers. I use Debian since > > hamm and Linux/Unix since 1995. My take is tha

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-18 Thread Felix Miata
Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă composed on 2017-10-18 20:47 (UTC+0200): > I never understood the need for desktop managers. I use Debian since > hamm and Linux/Unix since 1995. My take is that desktop managers are > for people more used to microsoft OS'. Why do I need to click on > something when the xterm

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-18 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 10/17/2017 11:42 AM, Brian wrote: On Tue 17 Oct 2017 at 13:56:37 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 06:42:04PM +0100, Brian wrote: On Tue 17 Oct 2017 at 11:38:40 -0500, David Wright wrote: On Tue 17 Oct 2017 at 19:32:11 (+0500), Alexan:der V. Makartsev wrote: Deprecated d

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-18 Thread Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă
> > [ It might be clearer to write "Desktop Environment" (or DE) instead > of "desktop manager" because of the latter's having the same initials > as Display Manager (or DM). ] You are right. > That said, what are the advantages of running a DM in your case, > compared with using startx? One big

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-18 Thread David Wright
On Wed 18 Oct 2017 at 20:47:08 (+0200), Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă wrote: > On 18-10-2017, at 22h 17'14", Richard Hector wrote about "Re: removing of > sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5" > > > > > > Did they simply

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-18 Thread Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă
On 18-10-2017, at 22h 17'14", Richard Hector wrote about "Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5" > > > > Did they simply throw every window manager under the bus and say "Nope, > > sorry, you gotta r

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-18 Thread Richard Hector
On 18/10/17 06:56, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 06:42:04PM +0100, Brian wrote: >> On Tue 17 Oct 2017 at 11:38:40 -0500, David Wright wrote: >>> On Tue 17 Oct 2017 at 19:32:11 (+0500), Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: Deprecated doesn't mean it doesn't exist or work anymore at al

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-17 Thread Felix Miata
Brian composed on 2017-10-17 20:54 (UTC+0100): > On Tue 17 Oct 2017 at 15:30:36 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: >> Mageia is among those installed on most of my multiboot PCs. >> Mageia's contributor base is among the more limited among top 20 distros. It >> provides limited deviation from upstream. T

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-17 Thread Stephane L
Thank you very much Alexander for your help,because I had switched to debian 8 again for three months because I didn't know how to boot in console mode debian 9.so I have just installed again debian 9 and with it boots in multi user mode(console) so I am happy :-)my problem is solved...

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-17 Thread Brian
On Tue 17 Oct 2017 at 15:30:36 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Mageia is among those installed on most of my multiboot PCs. > > Mageia's contributor base is among the more limited among top 20 distros. It > provides limited deviation from upstream. Thus, if upstream says something is > deprecated, Ma

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-17 Thread Felix Miata
David Wright composed on 2017-10-17 13:36 (UTC-0500): > On Tue 17 Oct 2017 at 13:56:37 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 06:42:04PM +0100, Brian wrote: >> > On Tue 17 Oct 2017 at 11:38:40 -0500, David Wright wrote: >> > > On Tue 17 Oct 2017 at 19:32:11 (+0500), Alexander

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-17 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
Stephane asked for a help and got it. I also given him the best advice based on my experience with "startx" shell script. "$ sudo systemctl start display-manager.service" is most fail-safe command to start desktop environment from console session on any systemd-adopted distro. Here is some example

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-17 Thread Brian
On Tue 17 Oct 2017 at 13:56:37 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 06:42:04PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Tue 17 Oct 2017 at 11:38:40 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > On Tue 17 Oct 2017 at 19:32:11 (+0500), Alexan:der V. Makartsev wrote: > > > > Deprecated doesn't mean it doesn't

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-17 Thread David Wright
On Tue 17 Oct 2017 at 13:56:37 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 06:42:04PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Tue 17 Oct 2017 at 11:38:40 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > On Tue 17 Oct 2017 at 19:32:11 (+0500), Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > > > > Deprecated doesn't mean it doesn't

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-17 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 06:42:04PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Tue 17 Oct 2017 at 11:38:40 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > On Tue 17 Oct 2017 at 19:32:11 (+0500), Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > > > Deprecated doesn't mean it doesn't exist or work anymore at all, it > > > means it isn't supported anymo

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-17 Thread Brian
On Tue 17 Oct 2017 at 11:38:40 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 17 Oct 2017 at 19:32:11 (+0500), Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > > Deprecated doesn't mean it doesn't exist or work anymore at all, it > > means it isn't supported anymore and should not be used. > > Look it up, it was deprecated f

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-17 Thread David Wright
On Tue 17 Oct 2017 at 19:32:11 (+0500), Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > Deprecated doesn't mean it doesn't exist or work anymore at all, it > means it isn't supported anymore and should not be used. > Look it up, it was deprecated for quite some time. Please get a grip and provide a reference. >

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-17 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 10/17/2017 07:39 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 07:32:11PM +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: Deprecated doesn't mean it doesn't exist or work anymore at all, it means it isn't supported anymore and should not be used. Look it up, it [startx] was deprecated for quite some

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-17 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 07:32:11PM +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > Deprecated doesn't mean it doesn't exist or work anymore at all, it > means it isn't supported anymore and should not be used. > Look it up, it [startx] was deprecated for quite some time. Quoting from https://www.debian.org

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-17 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
Deprecated doesn't mean it doesn't exist or work anymore at all, it means it isn't supported anymore and should not be used. Look it up, it was deprecated for quite some time. On 17.10.2017 19:16, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 07:05:13PM +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: >> I

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-17 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 07:05:13PM +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > I think "startx" command is deprecated now and you shouldn't use it > anymore. Nonsense. Many people (including me) use it all the time. Granted, I don't use KDE.

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-17 Thread Stephane L
mctl list-units --type=target This will show what target is default:     $ sudo systemctl get-default This will set default target to "console mode" you want:     $ sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target This will redo the changes if you ever will want to start DE by defau

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-17 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
ts --type=target >> >> This will show what target is default: >>     $ sudo systemctl get-default >> >> This will set default target to "console mode" you want: >>     $ sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target >> >> This will redo the c

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-17 Thread Stephane L
"console mode" you want:     $ sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target This will redo the changes if you ever will want to start DE by default:     $ sudo systemctl set-default graphical.target You have to reboot to apply changes. On 17.10.2017 16:59, Stephane L wrote:

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-17 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
ow what target is default: >     $ sudo systemctl get-default > > This will set default target to "console mode" you want: >     $ sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target > > This will redo the changes if you ever will want to start DE by default: >     $ sudo systemct

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-17 Thread Stephane L
list-units --type=target This will show what target is default:     $ sudo systemctl get-default This will set default target to "console mode" you want:     $ sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target This will redo the changes if you ever will want to start DE by default:

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-17 Thread Stephane L
This will show what target is default:     $ sudo systemctl get-default This will set default target to "console mode" you want:     $ sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target This will redo the changes if you ever will want to start DE by default:     $ sudo systemctl s

Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-17 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
Assuming you have systemd, you have to change final target from graphical to multi-user. This shows possible targets:     $ sudo systemctl list-units --type=target This will show what target is default:     $ sudo systemctl get-default This will set default target to "console mode"

removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5

2017-10-17 Thread Stephane L
Hi I have tried to remove sddm from /etc/init.d but it starts always with sddm.I want to boot my debian 9 in console mode and do startx to launch kde5 as I do with debian 8 and kde4.does anyone know exactly how to do that ?

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-08 Thread alex . andreotti
On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 10:21:55PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 05 mai 14, 13:43:54, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > I'm confused. Wasn't what the OP wanted a boot in regular text mode, no > > GUI, no framebuffer, just ascii codes straight to the monitor? That > > happens *a long time* before t

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-08 Thread Charles Kroeger
On Wed, 07 May 2014 00:50:01 +0200 Glenn English wrote: > I've always installed from a netinstall, without the GUI, so that GUI init >doesn't exist on my machines. This is the case with me too but Francois Patte also ask: >I can't find any tuto for grub2 installed on my system. I don't know if

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-08 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Thu, 08 May 2014, Brian wrote: > On Thu 08 May 2014 at 12:10:02 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > On Mon, 05 May 2014, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > if grep -wqs text /proc/cmdline; then > > > log_warning_msg "Not starting Light Display Manager (lightdm); found > > > 'text' in ker

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-08 Thread Brian
On Thu 08 May 2014 at 12:10:02 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Mon, 05 May 2014, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > if grep -wqs text /proc/cmdline; then > > log_warning_msg "Not starting Light Display Manager (lightdm); found > > 'text' in kernel commandline." > > [...] > > fi > > Thi

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-08 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 05 May 2014, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > if grep -wqs text /proc/cmdline; then > log_warning_msg "Not starting Light Display Manager (lightdm); found > 'text' in kernel commandline." > [...] > fi This is broken. It will misfire on foo.text=. This same issue has caused problems already,

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-07 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 7 May 2014 06:06:03 -0400 Tom H wrote: > I suspect that he means kms. > > There's the "nomodeset" kernel cmdline option to turn it off (there > are also the card-specific "i915.modeset=0", "nouveau.modeset=0" > options) [clip] > As a remedy for such situations, the kernel configurati

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-07 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 7 May 2014 11:59:29 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 06 mai 14, 17:42:12, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Tue, 06 May 2014 12:39:03 -0500 > > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > > > > from /etc/default/grub: > > > > > > # Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only) > > > #GRUB_TERMINA

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-07 Thread Tom H
On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 4:59 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 06 mai 14, 17:42:12, Steve Litt wrote: >> On Tue, 06 May 2014 12:39:03 -0500 >> Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >>> >>> from /etc/default/grub: >>> >>> # Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only) >>> #GRUB_TERMINAL=console >>> >>>

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 06 mai 14, 17:42:12, Steve Litt wrote: > On Tue, 06 May 2014 12:39:03 -0500 > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > > from /etc/default/grub: > > > > # Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only) > > #GRUB_TERMINAL=console > > > > then run update-grub. > > That often doesn't work, and

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-06 Thread Glenn English
On May 6, 2014, at 3:59 PM, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> François Patte wrote: >>> >>> I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in >>> graphic mode), but I don't want to be in si

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-06 Thread Tom H
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > François Patte wrote: >> >> I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in >> graphic mode), but I don't want to be in single user mode, ie.: I want >> to have a "normal boot"

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-06 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 06 May 2014 12:39:03 -0500 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > François Patte wrote: > > Bonjour, > > > > I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in > > graphic mode), but I don't want to be in single user mode, ie.: I > >

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-06 Thread Tom H
On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > On Mon, 5 May 2014 12:38:57 +0300 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> On Lu, 05 mai 14, 04:58:14, Tom H wrote: >>> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 4:29 AM, François Patte >>> wrote: >>>> I would like to boot in

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-06 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
François Patte wrote: Bonjour, I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in graphic mode), but I don't want to be in single user mode, ie.: I want to have a "normal boot" without X. I can't find any tuto for grub2 installed on my system. Thank you.

Re: Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread A Debian User
On Monday, 05 May, 2014 06:05 PM, Tom H wrote: On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 5:38 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Lu, 05 mai 14, 04:58:14, Tom H wrote: On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 4:29 AM, François Patte wrote: I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in graphic mode), but I

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 05 mai 14, 13:43:54, Steve Litt wrote: > > I'm confused. Wasn't what the OP wanted a boot in regular text mode, no > GUI, no framebuffer, just ascii codes straight to the monitor? That > happens *a long time* before the display manager runs. The OP said no GUI, but nothing about framebuff

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 5 May 2014 12:38:57 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 05 mai 14, 04:58:14, Tom H wrote: > > On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 4:29 AM, François Patte > > wrote: > > > > > > I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not > > > in graph

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread Tom H
On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 5:57 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 05 mai 14, 10:30:43, Dom wrote: >> On 05/05/14 09:58, Tom H wrote: >>> >>> Add "text" to the kernel cmdline. >> >> Which you can do by editing the /etc/default/grub file and changing >> >> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" >> >> to >> >> GRUB_CMDL

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread Tom H
On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 5:38 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 05 mai 14, 04:58:14, Tom H wrote: >> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 4:29 AM, François Patte >> wrote: >>> >>> I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in >>> graphic mode),

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 05 mai 14, 10:30:43, Dom wrote: > On 05/05/14 09:58, Tom H wrote: > > > >Add "text" to the kernel cmdline. > > Which you can do by editing the /etc/default/grub file and changing > > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" > > to > > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="text" > > and running update-grub Considering the

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 05 mai 14, 10:29:50, François Patte wrote: > Bonjour, > > I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in > graphic mode), but I don't want to be in single user mode, ie.: I want > to have a "normal boot" without X. Since you didn&#

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 05 mai 14, 04:58:14, Tom H wrote: > On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 4:29 AM, François Patte > wrote: > > > > I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in > > graphic mode), but I don't want to be in single user mode, ie.: I want > >

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread Dom
On 05/05/14 09:58, Tom H wrote: On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 4:29 AM, François Patte wrote: I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in graphic mode), but I don't want to be in single user mode, ie.: I want to have a "normal boot" without X. I can't fin

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread Tom H
On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 4:29 AM, François Patte wrote: > > I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in > graphic mode), but I don't want to be in single user mode, ie.: I want > to have a "normal boot" without X. > > I can't find any

boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread François Patte
Bonjour, I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in graphic mode), but I don't want to be in single user mode, ie.: I want to have a "normal boot" without X. I can't find any tuto for grub2 installed on my system. Thank you. -- François Patte UFR

Re: console mode

2013-04-03 Thread Darac Marjal
On Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 01:00:34AM +0200, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > [cut] > > Anyway, you can have multiple DEs loaded, if you [troll]stop using > bloatwares like GDM and[/troll] starts using startx. And that's not > limited to TT7 and TT8, IIRC. Personally, I can not think about

Re: console mode

2013-04-02 Thread berenger . morel
Le 30.03.2013 15:33, Stephen Powell a écrit : On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:50:56 -0400 (EDT), Lisi Reisz wrote: On Friday 29 March 2013 13:15:13 Linux-Fan wrote: Question: what are the default use assigned to the f1 through f7 consoles. i do understand that f7 is gui. Sometimes also F8. Gnome

Re: console mode

2013-03-30 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2013 30 Mar 08:35 -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: > Gnome should restart on vt7 this time. console-kit-daemon appears > to be the culprit. If you issue "deallocvt 7" before killing > console-kit-daemon, "deallocvt 7" will fail. I think I saw that when gdm was managing an XFCE session as well

Re: console mode

2013-03-30 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:50:56 -0400 (EDT), Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 29 March 2013 13:15:13 Linux-Fan wrote: >> Question: what are the default use assigned to the f1 through f7 >> consoles. >> >> i do understand that f7 is gui. > > Sometimes also F8. Gnome (and probably other desktop environme

Re: console mode

2013-03-29 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
james gray writes: > hello > > Question: what are the default use assigned to the f1 through f7 consoles. > > i do understand that f7 is gui. > > i have found  > > http://wiki.debian.org/Console > > and at that address there is not a writ on f1 through f7 default assignments. > > i would assume f

Re: console mode

2013-03-29 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
james gray wrote: hello Question: what are the default use assigned to the f1 through f7 consoles. i do understand that f7 is gui. i have found http://wiki.debian.org/Console and at that address there is not a writ on f1 through f7 default assignments. i would assume f1 could be for

Re: console mode

2013-03-29 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 29 March 2013 13:15:13 Linux-Fan wrote: > > Question: what are the default use assigned to the f1 through f7 > > consoles. > > > > i do understand that f7 is gui. Sometimes also F8. > > i have found > > > > http://wiki.debian.org/Console > > > > and at that address there is not a writ o

Re: console mode

2013-03-29 Thread Linux-Fan
On 03/29/2013 02:10 PM, james gray wrote: > hello > > Question: what are the default use assigned to the f1 through f7 consoles. > > i do understand that f7 is gui. > > i have found > > http://wiki.debian.org/Console > > and at that address there is not a writ on f1 through f7 default > assign

console mode

2013-03-29 Thread james gray
hello Question: what are the default use assigned to the f1 through f7 consoles. i do understand that f7 is gui. i have found http://wiki.debian.org/Console and at that address there is not a writ on f1 through f7 default assignments. i would assume f1 could be for admin purposes ?. i wo

Text console mode problem

2004-08-13 Thread Dave Whiteley
I am running a mainly "testing" system. I have an LCD display. After a recent upgrade I found that during the boot process the text console displays (Ctl-Alt F1 .. F6) are re configured so that about 4 characters are disappearing of the sides of the screen, and a blank line runs down the display

Re: Console mode (80x25) in Debian Woody

2004-01-20 Thread Jan Minar
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 09:39:36AM +0100, dziekan wrote: > How to get size (COLSxROWS) 80x25 in console mode? The answer has been told, however, here are some alternatives: AFAIK, If you wanted 80x25 _framebuffer_, you could probably use fbset(8). svgatextmode can be used to get vari

Re: Console mode (80x25) in Debian Woody

2004-01-20 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello dziekan (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > How to get size (COLSxROWS) 80x25 in console mode? > > I set in lilo.conf vga=normal (it is 80x25 console mode), but its not > working. During loading debian (woody, kernel 2.4.18) console mode are > changed to 80x30 > Here

Console mode (80x25) in Debian Woody

2004-01-20 Thread dziekan
Hi How to get size (COLSxROWS) 80x25 in console mode? I set in lilo.conf vga=normal (it is 80x25 console mode), but its not working. During loading debian (woody, kernel 2.4.18) console mode are changed to 80x30 Here is log: ... >vga16fb: initializing >vga16fb: mapped to 0xc00a &g

Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!

2003-12-20 Thread Bruce Sass
On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, michelle wrote: <...> > The pauses in KDE3 must be due to something else. Parts of KDE3 will freeze when kbuildsycoca runs. e.g., upgrading changes the menues, which gets noticed by FAM, which starts kbuildsycoca, which results in konqueror freezing until KDE sorts out what i

Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!

2003-12-20 Thread Kent West
michelle wrote: The normal login does some sort of database updating that does a lot of disk access (find, sort, and updatedb show up in a ps listing. What is this for BTW?) It updates the database that the "locate" command uses to find files on the system, as in "locate foo" or "locate mai

Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!

2003-12-20 Thread Joey Hess
michelle wrote: > That's it. That explains the disk activity in single user mode. I tried a > console login after normal boot and thought I had the same issue, but it's > something altogether different. The normal login does some sort of database > updating that does a lot of disk access (find,

Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!

2003-12-20 Thread michelle
Joey Hess wrote: > > Testing and unstable both come with a bootlogd that will log everything > that it output to the screen to /var/log/boot. It is active if you boot > to single user mode, and during the boot, but should be shut off after > boot is complete. This is a likely explanation for what

Re: Compromised? (Was Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!)

2003-12-20 Thread Lou Losee
* michelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-20 10:01]: > Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > ..get a knoppix type cd burned and reboot from that, and redo your > > md5sum etc checks, if they manage to mess with a knoppix cd so > > it okays bad files without you noticing, these guys are _very_ good. > > > > ..and,

Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!

2003-12-20 Thread michelle
Micha Feigin wrote: > > Just hit me. What file system are you using? > iirc ext3 updates its journal every 5 seconds and reiserfs every 30 > seconds. If its ext3 try mounting it as ext2 and see if that makes a > difference. > No, I'm using ext2. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Compromised? (Was Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!)

2003-12-20 Thread michelle
Arnt Karlsen wrote: > ..get a knoppix type cd burned and reboot from that, and redo your > md5sum etc checks, if they manage to mess with a knoppix cd so > it okays bad files without you noticing, these guys are _very_ good. > > ..and, you wanna check your iso's md5sums against a verified > debian

Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!

2003-12-18 Thread Tim Connors
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:24:37 -0500: > > --+jhVVhN62yS6hEJ8 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > michelle wrote: > > booting single user in 80x25 text mode gives still gives m

Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!

2003-12-18 Thread Kevin Mark
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 11:23:35PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 01:06:02AM -0500, michelle wrote: > > Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > > > > > > What CPU? How much memory? What speed memory? What sort of disks > > > (bus type, speed, etc.)? What does 'hdparm /dev/hda' rep

Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!

2003-12-17 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 01:06:02AM -0500, michelle wrote: > Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > > > > What CPU? How much memory? What speed memory? What sort of disks > > (bus type, speed, etc.)? What does 'hdparm /dev/hda' report? > > > > It sounds like you're hitting a bottleneck in the hardware

Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!

2003-12-17 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 01:06:02AM -0500, michelle wrote: > Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > > > > What CPU? How much memory? What speed memory? What sort of disks > > (bus type, speed, etc.)? What does 'hdparm /dev/hda' report? > > > > It sounds like you're hitting a bottleneck in the hardware

Re: Compromised? (Was Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!)

2003-12-17 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:44:47 -0500, michelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Tim Connors wrote: > > > > When did it start happening for you? > > > > The disks I used were from sarge iso images I got during the > compromise. I also got some more a few days ago and t

Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!

2003-12-17 Thread Joey Hess
michelle wrote: > booting single user in 80x25 text mode gives still gives me the hard disk > acces on each keypress. Testing and unstable both come with a bootlogd that will log everything that it output to the screen to /var/log/boot. It is active if you boot to single user mode, and during the

Re: Compromised? (Was Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!)

2003-12-17 Thread Nate Duehr
On Wednesday 17 December 2003 01:01 am, Tim Connors wrote: > Nate Duehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Wed, 17 Dec 2003 00:03:05 -0700: > > On Tuesday, Dec 16, 2003, at 22:14 America/Denver, Tim Connors wrote: > > > I'm still a little suspicious. We are behind a strong university > > > firewall, so

Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!

2003-12-17 Thread Lou Losee
> > booting single user in 80x25 text mode gives still gives me the hard disk > acces on each keypress. > > Oh yeah, I'm using sarge with various kernels (2.2.20, 2.4.22, 2.6.0-test9, > 2.6.0-test11) all giving the same results. Previously, woody was on this > machine, and this problem didn't

Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!

2003-12-17 Thread Mike Dresser
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, michelle wrote: > Or is this perhaps from a keylogger secretly installed? If so, how could I > detect it? > > Thank you. Well, you could try booting off the rescue disks/cd's, and see what happens. Also, I'd try going into the bios setup screen, and see if there's disk activ

Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!

2003-12-17 Thread michelle
Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > > What CPU? How much memory? What speed memory? What sort of disks > (bus type, speed, etc.)? What does 'hdparm /dev/hda' report? > > It sounds like you're hitting a bottleneck in the hardware > configuration. > Pentium 4, 2.1 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 200 MHz RAM IDE Bu

Re: Compromised? (Was Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!)

2003-12-17 Thread michelle
Tim Connors wrote: > > When did it start happening for you? > The disks I used were from sarge iso images I got during the compromise. I also got some more a few days ago and tried them. Same problem. All checksums are fine. No rootkits that I can find. The system is not on a network. (Only t

Re: Compromised? (Was Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!)

2003-12-17 Thread Tim Connors
Nate Duehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Wed, 17 Dec 2003 00:03:05 -0700: > On Tuesday, Dec 16, 2003, at 22:14 America/Denver, Tim Connors wrote: > > > I'm still a little suspicious. We are behind a strong university > > firewall, so can't possibly imagine that I was compromised (although > > while

Re: Compromised? (Was Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!)

2003-12-17 Thread Nate Duehr
On Tuesday, Dec 16, 2003, at 22:14 America/Denver, Tim Connors wrote: I'm still a little suspicious. We are behind a strong university firewall, so can't possibly imagine that I was compromised (although while I was attempting to debug the situation (with no luck, of course), I did unplug the notw

Compromised? (Was Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!)

2003-12-16 Thread Tim Connors
michelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Mon, 15 Dec 2003 01:00:33 -0500: > Every time I perform a keypress at the console (command line, nano, etc.) I > can hear a tick from the hard disk. That's exactly what I had a week before the Big Debian Compromise. Didn't happen in X, only console. Also, tryi

Re: hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!

2003-12-16 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 01:00:33AM -0500, michelle wrote: | Every time I perform a keypress at the console (command line, nano, etc.) I | can hear a tick from the hard disk. Lack of memory could result in symptons like this. The 8MB "router" at my parents' house nearly does this because it has t

hard disk access on every keystroke in console mode!

2003-12-15 Thread michelle
Every time I perform a keypress at the console (command line, nano, etc.) I can hear a tick from the hard disk. Also, compiling from the console is almost 4 times slower than compiling from inside KDE3. This doesn't make sense to me. I get similar results for 2.2, 2.4, and 2.6 kernels. Does any

Re: Switching to console mode from X problem almost solved

2003-03-03 Thread GSO
>From someone else who's stuck with a S3 Trio as well - XFree86 4.1 doesn't support an accelerated S3 driver so I'm using XFree 3.3.6. Am guessing but maybe you are using XFree 4.1 - getting round the fact the driver isn't directly supported by using the svga module. The good news is XFree 4.2 s

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