On 4/10/07, Uwe Dippel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Kent West wrote: > When you say that you tried "kdm stop", do you mean you tried > "/etc/init.d/kdm stop"? If not, try that. (You'll need to do so as > super-user). Thanks Kent, long time no hear ! - Yes, yes, I know. Alt-F2, log on, su, etc.
I just wanted to make sure the kdm init script is working as I would expect it to. So, your reply implies that you've done this and it works. Good. (You can also do this from within a terminal window within X.) No, I was
1. hoping for a way to get Console Login back
I suspect that console login has been inactivated in the kdmrc file (/etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc, I think -- I'm not at a KDE-enabled box at the moment). Browse through that file and I bet you can find some option to enable/disable console login. 2. trying to understand, what 'kdm stop' does. It does:
# kdm stop # but doesn't stop it.
I suspect the 'kdm' that is being invoked is an actual binary for kdm, rather than the start-up script. (You can see which is invoked with "which kdm".) That actual binary may not understand the parameter 'stop', whereas the init script does. -- Kent West <a href="http://kentwest.blogspot.com";>Westing Peacefully</a> Hmm; now to figure out how to get my new Google account to let me put a link into my signature ....
