On Mon, 2002-04-01 at 19:44, Phil wrote:
> how can I disable xdm and boot into terminal mode. I prefer to use startx.
The preferred method for this is to set initdefault to 3.
Look in /etc/inittab for this line:
id:5:initdefault:
Change the 5 to a 3.
As root, you can change runlevel to 3
how can I disable xdm and boot into terminal mode. I prefer to use startx.
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I don't think I have got the "XDM: too many retransmissions"
error, but my experience is that XDMCP and X-win32 in
particular is very picky about name resolution.
Make sure the name mapping is correct by doing both
forward (name -> ip-addr) and backward (ip-addr -> name
work, the same Win2000 laptop has an IP address of 10.1.2.131 and the
Woody laptop has an IP address of 10.1.1.252. When trying to connect to
open an X session I get the 'XDM: too many retransmissions' message. Any
ideas why this doesn't seem to work when using the 10. addresses?
David Z Maze wrote:
You should ~never need to use an --ignore or --force option to dpkg;
There are times when you have all those .deb's in
/var/cache/apt/archives and you want to install them quickly. Assuming
that they are in the right version, all you need to do is:
dpkg -i --force-conflic
Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I want remove xdm package so I'm not using it (I've remove all links
> related in all runlevels, but I don't need this using hard disk for
> more). But if I try an apt-get remove xdm it also removes
> x-wind
On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 02:13:57AM +0100, Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso wrote:
| Hi there,
|
| I want remove xdm package so I'm not using it (I've remove all links related
| in all runlevels, but I don't need this using hard disk for more). But if I
| try an apt-get remove xdm it
I'm a prophet...
crom:~# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.
Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
x-window-system: Depends: xdm but it is not installe
Hi there,
I want remove xdm package so I'm not using it (I've remove all links related
in all runlevels, but I don't need this using hard disk for more). But if I
try an apt-get remove xdm it also removes x-window-system... why? I think
this is a bit stupid...
Finally, I'
After installing both xdm and wmaker under 'unstable' I have some
problems. I boot up into xdm and after logging in, a default window
manager isn't started (in this case wmaker). Any idea how to convicne
xdm to start a default
Hi
I am using the mandrake Linux and I want to run it
with no Screen. I am trying to use my PC's screen via XDMCP protocol but I
cannot find the way, to run Xdm on the Linux, as a daemon. Is there any way
I can use the startup files of Linux for that matter safely?
Thanks
Noah Meyerhans wrote:
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 04:17:25PM -0600, Kent West wrote:
Setting up gdm (2.2.5.3-2) ...
dpkg: error processing gdm (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10
Well, if you want some debugging output, try adding the -x flag to the
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 04:17:25PM -0600, Kent West wrote:
> Setting up gdm (2.2.5.3-2) ...
> dpkg: error processing gdm (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10
Well, if you want some debugging output, try adding the -x flag to the
#!/bin/sh line in /var
I've gotten into a situation on Woody where I can not install nor
uninstall xdm or gdm or wdm. I can install other things.
Here's some relevant output:
fafsa-01:~# apt-get install xdm
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Sorry, xdm is already the newest
On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 04:43:00PM +0100, Pieter De Troyer wrote:
> For a while now I have a stupid problem with kdam and xdm. Whenever I log
> on to the system, using the login screen from kdm or xdm, I get back to
> the login screen, whitout being logged in.
Maybe a start script prob
Hi all,
For a while now I have a stupid problem with kdam and xdm. Whenever I log
on to the system, using the login screen from kdm or xdm, I get back to
the login screen, whitout being logged in. The only way to get me in an X
environment is by logging in on console and then issuing startx, and
* Nathan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020128 02:17]:
> >
> > - Just FYI, the Debian way to do this is to use the 'update-rc.d' tool,
> > you'll want to check out its man pages. I have my system set up so
> > that runlevel 2 doesn't run gdm/xd
>
> - Just FYI, the Debian way to do this is to use the 'update-rc.d' tool,
> you'll want to check out its man pages. I have my system set up so
> that runlevel 2 doesn't run gdm/xdm automatically, but runlevel 3
> does. Normally I star
> as root, just go to /etc/rc2.d once there, just "mv S99xdm
> offS99xdm", and do the same with S99gdm (in case you have it
> there too)
>
> Now just go to /etc/init.d/ and as above, just "mv xdm offxdm", and
> same with gdm if applicable.
>
> T
99xdm
offS99xdm", and do the same with S99gdm (in case you have it
there too)
Now just go to /etc/init.d/ and as above, just "mv xdm offxdm", and
same with gdm if applicable.
This worked like a charm for me, now it leaves me at the beautiful
text login, and i can either type "g
On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Tim Grogan wrote:
> Hi, being a relative newbie with Debian I'm looking for some help. I'm
> running woody 2.2.20 and KDE. Does anyone have a step-by-step guide on
> setting up xdm to support remote x-windows sessions or that can point me in
> the
On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Tim Grogan wrote:
> Hi, being a relative newbie with Debian I'm looking for some help. I'm
> running woody 2.2.20 and KDE. Does anyone have a step-by-step guide on
> setting up xdm to support remote x-windows sessions or that can point me in
> the
Hi, being a relative newbie with Debian I'm looking for some help. I'm
running woody 2.2.20 and KDE. Does anyone have a step-by-step guide on
setting up xdm to support remote x-windows sessions or that can point me in
the right direction. I've found a how-to that is geared fo
ebian newbie):
> > How can I prevent gpm and xdm from starting up automatically at boot
> > time? Thanks!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Klaus
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Klaus Neumann wrote:
if you run woody or unstable, you can also apt-install rcconf (equivalent
to ntsysv in redhat)
> (Debian newbie):
> How can I prevent gpm and xdm from starting up automatically at boot time?
> Thanks!
>
> Cheers,
> Klaus
>
>
>
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debian.org
Subject: gpm & xdm question
(Debian newbie):
How can I prevent gpm and xdm from starting up automatically at boot time?
Thanks!
Cheers,
Klaus
On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 04:06:34PM -0500, Noah Massey wrote:
| --begin quoted message from Klaus Neumann,
| > (Debian newbie):
| > How can I prevent gpm and xdm from starting up automatically at boot time?
| > Thanks!
|
| cd /etc/rc3.d
| mv S*gpm K20gpm
| mv S*xdm K01xdm
that might
--begin quoted message from Klaus Neumann,
> (Debian newbie):
> How can I prevent gpm and xdm from starting up automatically at boot time?
> Thanks!
cd /etc/rc3.d
mv S*gpm K20gpm
mv S*xdm K01xdm
edit /etc/inittab so that the line that starts with 'id' says
id:3:in
(Debian newbie):
How can I prevent gpm and xdm from starting up automatically at boot time?
Thanks!
Cheers,
Klaus
also sprach Brenda J. Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.11.1803 +0100]:
> Maybe I happen to have the "in-between" distro that has the "new"
> /etc/environment, before they started sourcing /etc/environment
> from /etc/X11/Xsession (I'm guessing that they might have
> changed the system to do this
On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 19:01:55 +0100
Nike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How can I change the default desktop manager (for now it's Gnome)
> started by a remote xdm session to my debian box.
Edit ~/.xsession on the box that you're logging in to. It's a shell
script; it do
may be it's a dummy question but :
How can I change the default desktop manager (for now it's Gnome)
started by a remote xdm session to my debian box.
Nike.
:-)? /etc/environment
isn't even mentioned in the pam man-page, and I don't have
any pam info in /usr/share/doc...
Well later I'll try google "Linux-PAM system administrator's
guide" (this name mentioned in the pam man page) and see what
turns up. Just now I have to ge
On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 09:35:27AM +0100, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote:
> -> thanks! I was looking for exactly the same thing, but failed to understand
> -> pam correctly!
> ->
> -> I'm running pam 0.72-9, xdm 4.1.0-9 and login 19990827-20 on Potato, as a
> ->
-> thanks! I was looking for exactly the same thing, but failed to understand
-> pam correctly!
->
-> I'm running pam 0.72-9, xdm 4.1.0-9 and login 19990827-20 on Potato, as a
-> reference.
Where did you get that version of xdm for potato?
-> > I use potato and
Matus,
thanks! I was looking for exactly the same thing, but failed to understand
pam correctly!
I'm running pam 0.72-9, xdm 4.1.0-9 and login 19990827-20 on Potato, as a
reference.
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 11:22:22AM +0100, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I use pot
Hello,
I use potato and try to set up xdm with pam, for being able to add secondary
groups to users logging in console viia xdm.
however, using /etc/pam.d/xdm from unstable and configuring group.conf
didn't help;
I added this line to /etc/pam.d/xdm:
auth optional pam_group.so
and
On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 03:54:37PM +0100, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote:
> no mention about xdm here. there's no file in xdm distribution related to
> pam. I tried set up /etc/pam.d/xdm but doesn't seem to work. xlogin detto
>
> can you provide me a default ? I am interested
-> > about it. Can anybody advise me how to set up pam for xdm?
-> > Or point me to the right docs?
->
->$ apt-cache search pam | grep doc
->libpam-doc - Documentation of PAM
->
->$ apt-cache show libpam-doc
->Package: libpam-doc
->Prio
On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 05:36:42PM +0100, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote:
> Hello,
>
<...>
> about it. Can anybody advise me how to set up pam for xdm?
> Or point me to the right docs?
$ apt-cache search pam | grep doc
libpam-doc - Documentation of PAM
$ apt-cac
Hello,
I have potato istalled with 3.3.6-11potato32.
ths Changelog says xdm DOES use pam but i couldn't find any other reference
about it. Can anybody advise me how to set up pam for xdm?
Or point me to the right docs?
Thanks.
--
Matus "fantomas" Uhlar, [EMAIL PR
Hi Brian,
Once upon a time Brian Nelson spoketh thus:
<..>
> Note that it is possible to run gpm and X simultanously. You merely
> need to reconfigure gpm to repeat the raw output to /dev/gpmdata. My
> /etc/gpm.conf looks like (modify with gpmconfig):
<..>
thanks for your help, but that was a
Ingo Hohmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi Karsten, Cameron,
>
> Once upon a time Karsten M. Self spoketh thus: > on Sat, Oct 27, 2001
> at 07:16:14PM +0200, Ingo Hohmann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I've got a little problem with my mouse:
>
> After getting rid of gp
Hi Karsten, Cameron,
Once upon a time Karsten M. Self spoketh thus:
> on Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 07:16:14PM +0200, Ingo Hohmann ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've got a little problem with my mouse:
After getting rid of gpm my mouse works now on /dev/psaux,
3 buttons and wheel!
ouse works
> (/dev/gpmdata as mousedevice, Protocol Intellimouse). At least I get
> 3 Buttons, the wheel doesn't work, though.
>
> Now when I use xdm / gdm / kdm the mouse doesn't work (just jumps
> around on the screen).
This is being reported fairly frequently, check arch
is line to the 'Pointer' section of your
XF86Config[-4]:
ZAxisMapping 4 5
> Now when I use xdm / gdm / kdm the mouse doesn't work (just
> jumps around on the screen).
H... It's weird that it works w/ startx... I'm guessing that you
shouldn't be using g
Now when I use xdm / gdm / kdm the mouse doesn't work (just
jumps around on the screen).
Any ideas which files I have to change, to get it working
under xdm? (Or to get the wheel, but that's not that
important).
Kind regards,
Ingo
John Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> in the file:/etc/kde2/kdmrc
>
> you will find a line (line 31 in my file) that says :
>
> SessionTypes=default,failsafe
>
> I modified mine to show:
>
> SessionTypes=default,kde2,icewm,failsafe
>
> Thus I can run either kde or icewm.
>
> I assume
Reto said:
> Hi!
> I have Debian Sid installed with the current XFree86 and current
> drivers for my GeForce. The X Server runs fine, I can start kdm or
> xdm without any problems.
> But when I start one of them and it asks me for login, it is not
> able to start the Wi
On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 06:52:44PM +0200, Reto wrote:
> But when I start one of them and it asks me for login, it is not able to
> start the WindowManager itself. Screen is black, then it returns to the
> login screen again.
It sounds like you're being hit by a bug in xfree86-common that has
aff
Hi!
I have Debian Sid installed with the current XFree86 and current drivers
for my GeForce. The X Server runs fine, I can start kdm or xdm without any
problems.
But when I start one of them and it asks me for login, it is not able to
start the WindowManager itself. Screen is black, then it
On Friday, October 19, 2001 8:22 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> How can I stop XDM from starting on
> bootup?
Easiest, IMO, is to just remove xdm:
apt-get remove xdm
But if you still want the package, you
could use update-rc.d to disable the
xdm startup script.
Best,
-=greg
otato on an older Dell laptop. It worked great and I just kept
> updating everything, X windows and so on. It had uptime of 38 days when
> I finally decided to reboot. Somewhere along the way, xdm get set up to
> start on bootup for a graphical login. I do not want this, I want to
> boot t
apt-get --remove xdm
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269 Hamilton Hall, CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA
On
I setup potato on an older Dell laptop. It worked great and I just kept
updating everything, X windows and so on. It had uptime of 38 days when
I finally decided to reboot. Somewhere along the way, xdm get set up to
start on bootup for a graphical login. I do not want this, I want to
boot to a
"nate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i can startx no problem. X comes up.
Hm ...
I should maybe try ...
> but kdm nor xdm lets me login
> to anything but 'failsafe' which just brings up an xterm. i can
> work around it by just typing 'afterstep'
.
i can startx no problem. X comes up. but kdm nor xdm lets me login
to anything but 'failsafe' which just brings up an xterm. i can
work around it by just typing 'afterstep' in the xterm and it
fires up my full session. but im curious why xdm or kdm doens't work.
it doesn&#x
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Not sure if this is how your mail goes out or how mine
comes in.
At any rate, I changed my /tmp permissions to 1777 and
still n
2:22 2001: 359 X: client 3 rejected from local host
> > Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> > xmodmap: unable to open display ':0'
>
On 13-Oct-2001 Ian Patrick Thomas wrote:
> I have read the mini-HOWTO on www.linuxdoc.org and RTFM. Here is what
> appears in /var/log/xdm.log
>
> AUDIT: Fri Oct 12 20:02:22 2001: 359 X: client 3 rejected from local host
> Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1
> Xlib: c
I have read the mini-HOWTO on www.linuxdoc.org and RTFM. Here is what
appears in /var/log/xdm.log
AUDIT: Fri Oct 12 20:02:22 2001: 359 X: client 3 rejected from local host
Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Client is not
On 11 Oct, Sidney Brooks wrote:
> I decided to reinstall the Debian package xdm since it wasn't working,
> using dpkg. When I tried, I got the error message:
> unable to fill /var/lib/dpkg/updates/tmp.i with padding: No space left on
> device
>
> This suggests th
I followed up on my reported guess that my hard disk was full by
removing files. My xdm is now working.
I decided to reinstall the Debian package xdm since it wasn't working,
using dpkg. When I tried, I got the error message:
unable to fill /var/lib/dpkg/updates/tmp.i with padding: No space left on
device
This suggests that the new files that I downloaded were so large that they
filled my
In response to my problem, I received the following.
> I have lost the ability to use xdm, run level 5, and would like to know how
> to restore it without reinstalling Debian. I can operate in run level 3 as
> long as I do not go into graphics.
>
> This is how it all happened. I
On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 07:41:36PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 03:15:57PM -0700, Sidney Brooks ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> wrote:
> > I have lost the ability to use xdm, run level 5, and would like to know how
> > to restore it without reinstalling Debian
on Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 03:15:57PM -0700, Sidney Brooks ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> I have lost the ability to use xdm, run level 5, and would like to know how
> to restore it without reinstalling Debian. I can operate in run level 3 as
> long as I do not go into graphics.
>
>
I have lost the ability to use xdm, run level 5, and would like to know how
to restore it without reinstalling Debian. I can operate in run level 3 as
long as I do not go into graphics.
This is how it all happened. I downloaded some files using Debian and then
transferred them to Windows
On Sat, 22 Sep 2001, David Roundy wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 03:21:27AM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote:
> > Dale Morris wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, 22 Sep 2001, Dale Morris wrote:
> > >
> > > > Upgrading from potato to woody xdm was installed wit
On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 03:21:27AM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote:
> Dale Morris wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 22 Sep 2001, Dale Morris wrote:
> >
> > > Upgrading from potato to woody xdm was installed with X. When I removed
> > > it, X starts back up using my
Dale Morris wrote:
>
> On Sat, 22 Sep 2001, Dale Morris wrote:
>
> > Upgrading from potato to woody xdm was installed with X. When I removed
> > it, X starts back up using my .xsession file, but there are no window
> > managers or terminals on the menu in f
On Sat, 22 Sep 2001, Dale Morris wrote:
> Upgrading from potato to woody xdm was installed with X. When I removed
> it, X starts back up using my .xsession file, but there are no window
> managers or terminals on the menu in fvwm2. Those selections have
> disappeared. What can I do
Upgrading from potato to woody xdm was installed with X. When I removed
it, X starts back up using my .xsession file, but there are no window
managers or terminals on the menu in fvwm2. Those selections have
disappeared. What can I do to get them back? Is there more recent
or more understandable
ktb wrote:
...
> So I took a look at the XFree86 HOWTO. Found what I was looking for -
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-HOWTO/x116.html
>
> Basically what Mr. Raymond says is the last command in the file should
> be started with "exec" and not backgrounded with "&" The last command
> is t
On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 06:13:37AM +, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote:
> >On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 11:43:07AM -0400, richard wrote:
> >> New install and just got X to work. xdm starts twm, which is lame, on
>
> >> VC7 with a login. You can't get out of it on that co
>On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 11:43:07AM -0400, richard wrote:
>> New install and just got X to work. xdm starts twm, which is lame, on
>> VC7 with a login. You can't get out of it on that console. Startx won't
>> work anywhere of cours.
>>
>> I want to
Shaul Karl wrote:
>
> > New install and just got X to work. xdm starts twm, which is lame, on
> > VC7 with a login. You can't get out of it on that console. Startx won't
> > work anywhere of cours.
> >
> > I want to use e.g. icewm. How do I reconfigure x
> New install and just got X to work. xdm starts twm, which is lame, on
> VC7 with a login. You can't get out of it on that console. Startx won't
> work anywhere of cours.
>
> I want to use e.g. icewm. How do I reconfigure xdm to default to a
> different
> window
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 11:43:07AM -0400, richard wrote:
> New install and just got X to work. xdm starts twm, which is lame, on
> VC7 with a login. You can't get out of it on that console. Startx won't
> work anywhere of cours.
>
> I want to use e.g. icewm. How do I reco
New install and just got X to work. xdm starts twm, which is lame, on
VC7 with a login. You can't get out of it on that console. Startx won't
work anywhere of cours.
I want to use e.g. icewm. How do I reconfigure xdm to default to a
different
window manager, and/or turn xdm off? I cou
no
he just wants it not to load when he boots, but still work when startx is
invoked
a simple solution to prevent xdm from starting everytime you boot is to
remove xdm from /etc/rc2.d. See, whenever linux boots it runs a script that
causes the files in /etc/rcN.d where N is a number between 1
On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 03:22:31PM -0700, Eric Whitestone wrote:
> Could somebody please tell me the easiest way to
> get rid of XDM, or make it so it stops loading it
> boot? I really do not like it ;)
> Thank you for your help!
apt-get remove xdm
--
With the arrest of Dimitry
Could somebody please tell
me the easiest way toget rid of XDM, or make it so it stops loading it
boot? I really do not like it ;)
Thank you for your help!
--Eric
a simple solution to prevent xdm from starting everytime you boot is to
remove xdm from /etc/rc2.d. See, whenever linux boots it runs a script that
causes the files in /etc/rcN.d where N is a number between 1 and 6 (called
runlevels). Debian is set to runlevel 2 by default so by removing xdm
on Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 10:37:35AM -0700, David Frischknecht ([EMAIL
PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm currently using xdm to log into Linux. However, I'd like to
> revert back to logging into a command prompt and starting X from
> there. Could anyone help me out?
* Greg Wiley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 21, 2001 10:37 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I'd like to revert back to logging into a command
> > prompt and starting X from there.
>
> apt-get remove xdm
>
>
If you want to keep xdm on your
On Tuesday, August 21, 2001 10:37 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'd like to revert back to logging into a command
> prompt and starting X from there.
apt-get remove xdm
Best,
-=greg
Hello,
I'm currently using xdm to log into Linux. However,
I'd like to revert back to logging into a command
prompt and starting X from there. Could anyone help
me out? Thanks a bunch.
=
David A. Frischknecht
http://www.fishnetonline.f
On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 07:04:33PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> when installing xdm_4.0.3-4i386.deb using dpkg_1.9.16.deb i get the following
> error message:
> "Error: /usr/x11R6/lib/x11/xdm symbolic link does not exitst. Either the
> package didin't ship w/ a symbo
when installing xdm_4.0.3-4i386.deb using dpkg_1.9.16.deb i get the following
error message:
"Error: /usr/x11R6/lib/x11/xdm symbolic link does not exitst. Either the
package didin't ship w/ a symbolic link (a bug in the backage), or dpkg
failed to unpack it to the filesystem (a b
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 08:20:21PM -0700, bob parker wrote:
> I'm very new to Debian (Potato r3) and very impressed
> with the stability. My install defaulted to booting
> into xdm which I do not want as I prefer using the
> command line for a lot of work.
>
> I got aro
> Also how may I get back to the
> command line when using xdm? All the way back, not
> just using virtual terminals under X.
Press Ctrl+Atl+F1 to get back console #1, Alt+F7 to back to X.
san
On 15 Aug 2001 20:20:21 -0700, bob parker wrote:
> I'm very new to Debian (Potato r3) a
I'm very new to Debian (Potato r3) and very impressed
with the stability. My install defaulted to booting
into xdm which I do not want as I prefer using the
command line for a lot of work.
I got around this by mv'ing /etc/init.d/xdm to
...xdm.bak. Very much a kludge I think.
What is
when installing xdm_4.0.3-4i386.deb using dpkg_1.9.16.deb i get the following
error message:
"Error: /usr/x11R6/lib/x11/xdm symbolic link does not exitst. Either the
package didin't ship w/ a symbolic link (a bug in the backage), or dpkg
failed to unpack it to the filesystem (a b
sincerely appreciate it.
;-)
> Here's the newbie answer to the original question, which I have lived:
>
> 1. Yes, deleting the xdm symlinks in /etc/rc2.d is perfectly
> acceptable. When you want to run X, just run
>
>su -c 'init 3'
Alternatively:
$ su -
y Manager Repair & Removel Pre-Shrunk
> Ultra-Mini HOWTO",
And my wife thinks I'm a geek! Karsten, you are awfully quick with those
URLs and I sincerely appreciate it.
Here's the newbie answer to the original question, which I have lived:
1. Yes, deleting the xdm symlinks
4.7. When I rebooted, I was
> > > greeted with a graphical login.
> > >
> > > How can I go back to booting to a shell prompt and then starting X if
> > > and only if I want to start X? All of the runlevels except 1 seem to
> > > have xdm. Should I just pick
to booting to a shell prompt and then starting X if
> > and only if I want to start X? All of the runlevels except 1 seem to
> > have xdm. Should I just pick a runlevel and delete the xdm in the
> > corresponding rc.x directory?
>
> As root do:
> # update-rc.d -f rem
l of the runlevels except 1 seem to
> have xdm. Should I just pick a runlevel and delete the xdm in the
> corresponding rc.x directory?
As root do:
# update-rc.d -f remove xdm
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I want to start X? All of the runlevels except 1 seem to
> have xdm. Should I just pick a runlevel and delete the xdm in the
> corresponding rc.x directory?
http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/xdm-disable.html
Cheers.
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