On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 02:27:18PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I brought my computer to the installfest but they weren't able to get x > working. I'd like to be able to just get rid of everything X related and > then try to do a clean setup of X where I understand every step.
Definately a good idea. The command 'apt-get remove --purge xlibs xserever\* xfonts\* xfs\*' (note backslashes) will remove the X packages and purge their configuration files, in order to force re-configuration from scratch when you reinstall. You had better check after you do this for any othe rx-related packages using 'dpkg -l | grep x'. > How should I do that? And anyway I haven't seen any sign that the > flickering login screen is at all related to X. If it was the graphical X > kind of login screen that was flickering and then it went to a stable text > login screen then that would be that, but it is the plain old text login > screen that is flickering. Not necessarily. To check if an X display manager is configured to run, look in /etc/rc2.d for links containing names like xdm, wdm, gdm, or kdm. Example: S99xdm. All links in this directory (which point to daemon initialization scripts in /etc/init.d) that begin with S are started in alphabetical order when the system enters runlevel 2 (the default on Debian). The numbers are there only to influnce the order. -- Henry House The attached file is a digital signature. See <http://romana.hajhouse.org/pgp> for information. My OpenPGP key: <http://romana.hajhouse.org/hajhouse.asc>.
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