On Sat, 2003-10-25 at 19:57, Haines Brown wrote: > In moving from RedHat to debian, I'm left with some simple little > basic configuration questions. They all relate to a situation in which > I operate at this point from console. > > 1. Where do I set the global bash prompt format? I changed PS1= in > /etc/profile, but that only affects user, not root. > > 2. I had placed the command "setterm -blank 0" in RedHat's > /etc/rc.d/rc.local to block screen blanking while running in > console. Debian does not use that file. What is its equivalent? > > 3. My usual practice is to avoid xdm and boot to a text login > prompt. To do this, in rc2.d I belive I edited the symlink to the > xdm program, renaming "S99xdm ->..." to "K99xdm ->...". But in > debian I get a beep when I try. Am I imagining I once edited the > name of a symlink? Can't one do it in debian?
That's almost exactly what I did: # cd /etc/rc2.d # mv S99xdm __S99xdm You get a beep when you try to rename the file? If so, are you sure the file /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm exists? Of course, you could always deinstall xdm : # apt-get --purge remove xdm -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA "Basically, I got on the plane with a bomb. Basically, I tried to ignite it. Basically, yeah, I intended to damage the plane." RICHARD REID, tried to blow up American Airlines Flight 63 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]