On Monday 02 June 2003 17:47, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On Monday 02 June 2003 04:09, Luiz Rafael Culik Guimaraes wrote: > > > How to start debian direct on console mode, > > > > Eh? I thought Debian always started in console mode unless you both > > installed xdm (or the gnome/kde equivalent) and enabled it. > > Unfortunately, all of these three ({x,g,k}dm) automatically start X when > the system starts if they are installed, and AFAIK neither of them > provides a way to disable them other than uninstalling them or editing > /etc/{rc*.d,init.d}/whatever by hand. >
hmmmmmmm, yes. There are ways to disable them but they are not immediately obvious to the Debian newbie. > The things are even worse: a vast majority of novice users use tasksel > when installing Debian, and the two most often selected tasks ("X window > system" and "desktop environment") include xdm variants. Thus, questions > like "How to start debian direct on console mode" have a lot of merit. > It might be just me, but my eyes hurt more after a few hours of doing > things in graphics mode than after a 48h straight programming run on a > text console. > your eyestrain may indicate a poorly configured X setup (too low of a refresh rate) or a need for more contrast in your desktop setup.