Re: [LUAU] Loading a tar.gz file in Debian Linux
On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 06:27:35PM -1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody know the best directory to open the gui window manager xfce from a tar.gz file. You mean install from source? Untar it and read the INSTALL file. Or bail on the source package install and use a _supported_ package. This Debian Linux version is sarge. I am a FreeBSD person and the file structure in sarge is not easy to figure out. It is all *nix under the hood. I think you are referring to the SysV layout of /etc. Order Nemeth's _Linux Aministration Handbook_ and google for Linux's Filesystem Hierarchy Standard while you wait for it to ship. Like I don't want a gui boot up I want to start with a command line. Neither do I. `rm /etc/rc?.d/S???dm` So I have finally, after reading the top complaints on the Debian list, figured out how to start a gui under level 3 when you need to have it. I want to have a simple gui XFCE3, not KDE and only XFCE4 is available on the apt-get. Like in your prior question about XFCE3 on FreeBSD, skip it and install XFCE4; this time via apt. -Vince
Re: [LUAU] Loading a tar.gz file in Debian Linux
Vince Hoang wrote: On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 06:27:35PM -1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody know the best directory to open the gui window manager xfce from a tar.gz file. You mean install from source? Untar it and read the INSTALL file. Or bail on the source package install and use a _supported_ package. This Debian Linux version is sarge. I am a FreeBSD person and the file structure in sarge is not easy to figure out. It is all *nix under the hood. I think you are referring to the SysV layout of /etc. Order Nemeth's _Linux Aministration Handbook_ and google for Linux's Filesystem Hierarchy Standard while you wait for it to ship. Like I don't want a gui boot up I want to start with a command line. Neither do I. `rm /etc/rc?.d/S???dm` So I have finally, after reading the top complaints on the Debian list, figured out how to start a gui under level 3 when you need to have it. I want to have a simple gui XFCE3, not KDE and only XFCE4 is available on the apt-get. Like in your prior question about XFCE3 on FreeBSD, skip it and install XFCE4; this time via apt. -Vince ___ LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list http://lists.hosef.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luau Hi Vince, I tried xfce4 and do not like it. I can get xfce3 to work on FreeBSD with the patch. All the icons are missing from 4 that we use in common on all our boxes is another reason. I havent done Linux for about 4 years and you are right the SysV is just different enough to be confusing. There are now 2 layouts for FreeBSD 4 and 5 and they are somewhat diffrent from each other and I have coped with that so I hope to survive this too. I have the 3rd edition of that Administration Hand book and I'll see what will refresh my memory from that. Thanks for the tip. Aloha! Al Plant -Webmaster http://hawaiidakine.com Supporting Open Source in computing with FreeBSD 4.9 Failure only happens when you stop trying. - Omar Periu
Re: [LUAU] Loading a tar.gz file in Debian Linux
On Feb 24, 2005, at 1:00 AM, Vince Hoang wrote: On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 06:27:35PM -1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Like I don't want a gui boot up I want to start with a command line. Neither do I. `rm /etc/rc?.d/S???dm` Uh, thats a bit brute-force, don't you think? You can do this in several supported ways that are less likely to break your system. • Simply remove gdm, kdm and xdm packages (not the best strategy, unless you've determined that you won't use them at all) or • Delete the one and only line in /etc/X11/default-display-manager (though this it affects all runlevels) or the recommended way • Delete all gdm, kdm and xdm (or just the one mentioned in /etc/X11/default-display-manager) links in /etc/rc[X].d/ with the tool called update-rc.d or install the rcconf dpkg (rcconf is like RedHat/Fedora's sysconfig). Here [X] is your runlevel. For example: update-rc.d -f xdm remove removes xdm from all runleves. If you want to have xdm enabled on some specific runlevel, then after removing type update-rc.d xdm start 99 3 .. to add an xdm startup link in runlevel 3. To change the display manager • In Debian, type dpkg-reconfigure xdm and make your choice. • Or, if you like to do it the old way, edit /etc/X11/default-display-manager All that said, I only run debian on the colo boxes, and that only because its too difficult to change now. The desktop here is gentoo. Jim
Re: [LUAU] Loading a tar.gz file in Debian Linux
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:27:35 -1000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Linux people, I am helping a friend with a Debian install. Anybody know the best directory to open the gui window manager xfce from a tar.gz file. This Debian Linux version is sarge. I am a FreeBSD person and the file structure in sarge is not easy to figure out. Like I don't want a gui boot up I want to start with a command line. So I have finally, after reading the top complaints on the Debian list, figured out how to start a gui under level 3 when you need to have it. I want to have a simple gui XFCE3, not KDE and only XFCE4 is available on the apt-get. Any help appreciated. http://packages.debian.org/stable/x11/ - --- 14:43:03 up 32 days, 16:17, 2 users, load average: 0.22, 0.32, 0.18 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCHi55sU4FV1lLQCQRAou5AJ0RFwDR7NR+z8fBw0YZxlfmNPlrIgCfRguT nNmR42d5fztlauRISje5/AI= =sWh9 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [LUAU] Loading a tar.gz file in Debian Linux
On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 09:36:39AM -1000, Jim Thompson wrote: Neither do I. `rm /etc/rc?.d/S???dm` Uh, thats a bit brute-force, don't you think? I used to `update-rc.d -f xdm remove`, but that removed all the symlinks. By removing only the S* symlinks, the K* symlinks stick around and upgrade-rc.d is not triggered during an upgrade. Otherwise, when xdm was upgraded, update-rc.d reruns and adds all the symlinks back. All that said, I only run debian on the colo boxes, and that only because its too difficult to change now. *chuckle* -Vince
[LUAU] Loading a tar.gz file in Debian Linux
Hi Linux people, I am helping a friend with a Debian install. Anybody know the best directory to open the gui window manager xfce from a tar.gz file. This Debian Linux version is sarge. I am a FreeBSD person and the file structure in sarge is not easy to figure out. Like I don't want a gui boot up I want to start with a command line. So I have finally, after reading the top complaints on the Debian list, figured out how to start a gui under level 3 when you need to have it. I want to have a simple gui XFCE3, not KDE and only XFCE4 is available on the apt-get. Any help appreciated. Al Plant -Webmaster http://hawaiidakine.com Supporting Open Source in computing with FreeBSD 4.9 Failure only happens when you stop trying. - Omar Periu
