Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
W licie z czw, 07-10-2004, godz. 00:09, Stew Benedict pisze: Duplicate your current lilo stanza you use to boot, and add 5 in the append= line, giving it a new label (don't forget to rerun lilo after editing) So it would look like this: image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hda7 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=5 devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent vga=788 read-only Right? -- Cezary 'Thereidos' Morga [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User No. 362185 http://counter.li.org GG# 169903 ICQ# 328-700-565 Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Thereidos wrote: W li6cie z czw, 07-10-2004, godz. 00:09, Stew Benedict pisze: Duplicate your current lilo stanza you use to boot, and add 5 in the append= line, giving it a new label (don't forget to rerun lilo after editing) So it would look like this: image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hda7 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=5 devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent vga=788 read-only Except if you already have a linux entry, you'd want to name this one differently. Name is arbitrary, linux5 would work. Then make whichever one you want the default at the top of lilo.conf. -- Stew Benedict Mandrakesoft --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
W licie z czw, 07-10-2004, godz. 22:25, Stew Benedict pisze: On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Thereidos wrote: W li6cie z czw, 07-10-2004, godz. 00:09, Stew Benedict pisze: Duplicate your current lilo stanza you use to boot, and add 5 in the append= line, giving it a new label (don't forget to rerun lilo after editing) So it would look like this: image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hda7 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=5 devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent vga=788 read-only Except if you already have a linux entry, you'd want to name this one differently. Name is arbitrary, linux5 would work. Then make whichever one you want the default at the top of lilo.conf. I've forgot to change the name :) Alright. Thanks all of you. -- Cezary 'Thereidos' Morga [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User No. 362185 http://counter.li.org GG# 169903 ICQ# 328-700-565 Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
W licie z wto, 05-10-2004, godz. 23:10, Hoyt Bailey pisze: Couldn't you set things so your father logs in to run level 5 while you can log into run level 3 I have no idea how to do that however. I don't think this is possible. Or maybe? If this is possible to run linux exclusively in runlevel 5 typing 'linux 5' when lilo shows up, right?, it might be possible to add new entry to do exactly the same. Thought how to do that? -- Cezary 'Thereidos' Morga [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User No. 362185 http://counter.li.org GG# 169903 ICQ# 328-700-565 Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
On Wednesday 06 October 2004 15:21, Thereidos wrote: W licie z wto, 05-10-2004, godz. 23:10, Hoyt Bailey pisze: Couldn't you set things so your father logs in to run level 5 while you can log into run level 3 I have no idea how to do that however. I don't think this is possible. Or maybe? If this is possible to run linux exclusively in runlevel 5 typing 'linux 5' when lilo shows up, right?, it might be possible to add new entry to do exactly the same. Thought how to do that? Frankly it is beyond my talent but if you can set stanzas in lilo to boot linux, failsafe, etc. Then it is possiable. May be a little complicated but possiable. -- Regards; Hoyt Registered Linux User #363264 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Hoyt Bailey wrote: On Wednesday 06 October 2004 15:21, Thereidos wrote: W liście z wto, 05-10-2004, godz. 23:10, Hoyt Bailey pisze: Couldn't you set things so your father logs in to run level 5 while you can log into run level 3 I have no idea how to do that however. I don't think this is possible. Or maybe? If this is possible to run linux exclusively in runlevel 5 typing 'linux 5' when lilo shows up, right?, it might be possible to add new entry to do exactly the same. Thought how to do that? Frankly it is beyond my talent but if you can set stanzas in lilo to boot linux, failsafe, etc. Then it is possiable. May be a little complicated but possiable. Duplicate your current lilo stanza you use to boot, and add 5 in the append= line, giving it a new label (don't forget to rerun lilo after editing) -- Stew Benedict Mandrakesoft --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
I've always started in 3, but since I did a clean install to 10.1 I can't get rid of the graphic startup screen, the only way I can see my startup is to hit esc once it starts. I then can watch everything come up and get dumped into a terminal logon session. In previous versions it was terminal from the start. 'Any ideas? ED Eric Huff wrote: I meant the permanent one but it seems that my father would like to have an account so that he could play KDE's games :) Thus I'm afraid I'll have to change inittab back to 5. Or you could set his account to startx by modifying the .bash_profile file. Add startx in there, and make sure KDE is his default desktop (i don't at the moment remember how to do that). eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
On Tuesday 05 October 2004 08:37, Edgars Smits wrote: I've always started in 3, but since I did a clean install to 10.1 I can't get rid of the graphic startup screen, the only way I can see my startup is to hit esc once it starts. I then can watch everything come up and get dumped into a terminal logon session. In previous versions it was terminal from the start. 'Any ideas? Your lilo.conf file is specifying a graphics setting on boot. Remove that line and you should boot up in console mode only. If you post one of your entries, I can point out the exact problematic setting. I don't have those on my machine so I don't remember exactly what it is off-hand, something like vga=788 or splash=silent, something of that nature. -- Bryan Phinney Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
On Tuesday 05 October 2004 14:37, Edgars Smits wrote: I've always started in 3, but since I did a clean install to 10.1 I can't get rid of the graphic startup screen, the only way I can see my startup is to hit esc once it starts. I then can watch everything come up and get dumped into a terminal logon session. In previous versions it was terminal from the start. 'Any ideas? Sometimes it helps to edit /etc/lilo.conf and change the 788 (or whatever) mode to 792. Gives a nicer screen on 1024x768 too. Don't forget to run lilo after editing. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
W licie z wto, 05-10-2004, godz. 01:00, Stephen Khn pisze: Currently I do have inittab switched to runlevel 3 but to use shutdown you need a root access which I won't give my father. Or maybe I'm wrong? You can use the poweroff or reboot command instead of shutdown -h I have just noticed that poweroff doesn't require root privileges. Thus I'll go for that. I think I'll write a simple script for him with the option to choose whether to reboot or halt, and executing appropriate command. Less commands he'll have to remember the happier man I will be :) -- Cezary 'Thereidos' Morga [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User No. 362185 http://counter.li.org GG# 169903 ICQ# 328-700-565 Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
W licie z wto, 05-10-2004, godz. 02:35, Hoyt Bailey pisze: I think you are wrong. As nonroot I click on the KDE logout button select turn computer off and everything goes off except for the monitor. Which I have to turn off. Gnome has a logout icon also which works simular. Shutdown does the same but you have to be root to use that. You're right. That was the reason why I thought about switching back to init 5. But it looks like this options executes poweroff/reboot while shutdown do require root privileges. Normally - if you have set to boot to runlevel 3 - when you manually start kde/gnome/any other DE logging out does not give you an option to shutdown/reboot but it only... logs you out :) -- Cezary 'Thereidos' Morga [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User No. 362185 http://counter.li.org GG# 169903 ICQ# 328-700-565 Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
It's splash=silent and still doesn't solve my problem. With that set I get a text mode LILO start, but then as soon as the init starts it goes to a light blue screen with a bar area in the middle that never actually fills in as it boots, the words Community 10.1 with a graphic line, that's it, it doesn't even say hit ESC for details like it used to, however ESC does work. In previous versions I have had the graphic LILO start that then drops me to a true text mode boot, no graphics or blue screens. In MCC I have Boot Theme turned off, no auto-login with or without graphical start, and when the boot finishes I do get dumped into a semi text mode - the blue screen is still there with the crappy logo, the text mode rides on top of it. How do I turn the damn thing off? ED Bryan Phinney wrote: On Tuesday 05 October 2004 08:37, Edgars Smits wrote: I've always started in 3, but since I did a clean install to 10.1 I can't get rid of the graphic startup screen, the only way I can see my startup is to hit esc once it starts. I then can watch everything come up and get dumped into a terminal logon session. In previous versions it was terminal from the start. 'Any ideas? Your lilo.conf file is specifying a graphics setting on boot. Remove that line and you should boot up in console mode only. If you post one of your entries, I can point out the exact problematic setting. I don't have those on my machine so I don't remember exactly what it is off-hand, something like vga=788 or splash=silent, something of that nature. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
On Tuesday 05 Oct 2004 15:42, Thereidos wrote: W licie z wto, 05-10-2004, godz. 02:35, Hoyt Bailey pisze: I think you are wrong. As nonroot I click on the KDE logout button select turn computer off and everything goes off except for the monitor. Which I have to turn off. Gnome has a logout icon also which works simular. Shutdown does the same but you have to be root to use that. You're right. That was the reason why I thought about switching back to init 5. No - there's an option somewhere to allow users to shutdown - from kde I think it's in the Login Manager. I shutdown as user. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
Op Tue, 05 Oct 2004 10:46:29 -0400 schreef Edgars Smits: In MCC I have Boot Theme turned off, no auto-login with or without graphical start, and when the boot finishes I do get dumped into a semi text mode - the blue screen is still there with the crappy logo, the text mode rides on top of it. How do I turn the damn thing off? Check /etc/inittab and make sure that your init mode is set to 3. If that is not what you want, I would not know. But that is how my PC starts in a proper textmode. Paul -- Why can't the Israelis and Palestinians settle their differences like Christians? - George W. Bush http://www.nlpagan.net/linux.htm Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
It is set to 3. I've done 2 complete clean installs of 10.1 CE, both ended up the same, never had this problem with 10,0 or versions prior to this. ED Paul wrote: Op Tue, 05 Oct 2004 10:46:29 -0400 schreef Edgars Smits: In MCC I have Boot Theme turned off, no auto-login with or without graphical start, and when the boot finishes I do get dumped into a semi text mode - the blue screen is still there with the crappy logo, the text mode rides on top of it. How do I turn the damn thing off? Check /etc/inittab and make sure that your init mode is set to 3. If that is not what you want, I would not know. But that is how my PC starts in a proper textmode. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
On Tuesday 05 October 2004 10:46, Edgars Smits wrote: It's splash=silent and still doesn't solve my problem. With that set I get a text mode LILO start, but then as soon as the init starts it goes to a light blue screen with a bar area in the middle that never actually fills in as it boots, the words Community 10.1 with a graphic line, that's it, it doesn't even say hit ESC for details like it used to, however ESC does work. Are you sure that you don't have a vga=788 setting under the append line in lilo.conf? splash=silent is not the one, that has no effect on boot up vga mode but the vga=788 line does and if that is there, you will get that menu screen. If there is no vga= line, you should see a pure text bootup. -- Bryan Phinney Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
perfect, getting rid of vga=788 did the trick for me. Many thanks ED Bryan Phinney wrote: On Tuesday 05 October 2004 10:46, Edgars Smits wrote: It's splash=silent and still doesn't solve my problem. With that set I get a text mode LILO start, but then as soon as the init starts it goes to a light blue screen with a bar area in the middle that never actually fills in as it boots, the words Community 10.1 with a graphic line, that's it, it doesn't even say hit ESC for details like it used to, however ESC does work. Are you sure that you don't have a vga=788 setting under the append line in lilo.conf? splash=silent is not the one, that has no effect on boot up vga mode but the vga=788 line does and if that is there, you will get that menu screen. If there is no vga= line, you should see a pure text bootup. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
On Tuesday 05 October 2004 16:46, Edgars Smits wrote: snip It's splash=silent and still doesn't solve my problem. With that set I get a text mode LILO start, but then as soon as the init starts it goes to a light blue screen with a bar area in the middle that never actually fills in as it boots, the words Community 10.1 with a graphic line, that's it, it doesn't even say hit ESC for details like it used to, however ESC does work. /snip Well, my system boots just the way you want, I think. My /etc/lilo.conf looks like this : # File generated by DrakX/drakboot # WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file default=linux boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map keytable=/boot/dk-latin1.klt prompt nowarn timeout=40 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=devfs=nomount resume=/dev/hda6 vga=792 read-only And so on and so forth.. I don't have the splash=silent statement either. And, honestly, I don't know what resume does ? - Havent' seen it in other versions. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
On Tuesday 05 October 2004 09:42, Thereidos wrote: W licie z wto, 05-10-2004, godz. 02:35, Hoyt Bailey pisze: I think you are wrong. As nonroot I click on the KDE logout button select turn computer off and everything goes off except for the monitor. Which I have to turn off. Gnome has a logout icon also which works simular. Shutdown does the same but you have to be root to use that. You're right. That was the reason why I thought about switching back to init 5. But it looks like this options executes poweroff/reboot while shutdown do require root privileges. Normally - if you have set to boot to runlevel 3 - when you manually start kde/gnome/any other DE logging out does not give you an option to shutdown/reboot but it only... logs you out :) Couldn't you set things so your father logs in to run level 5 while you can log into run level 3 I have no idea how to do that however. -- Regards; Hoyt Registered Linux User #363264 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
On Monday 04 October 2004 22:12, Thereidos wrote: Hi there. Sorry if this question has been asked before bit I haven't noticed it in archive. The question is simple: how can I manually turn off starting X server during the boot up? I know it can be done in MCC but I'd like to learn how to do this manually. Two ways : To make the change permanent, edit your /etc/inittab and replace the :5 with a :3 in the runlevel section. To boot into the CLI only occasionally, just at the bootsplash hit F1 (or eventually Esc) and type : linux 3. HTH Kaj Haulrich. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
W licie z pon, 04-10-2004, godz. 22:16, Kaj Haulrich pisze: On Monday 04 October 2004 22:12, Thereidos wrote: Hi there. Sorry if this question has been asked before bit I haven't noticed it in archive. The question is simple: how can I manually turn off starting X server during the boot up? I know it can be done in MCC but I'd like to learn how to do this manually. Two ways : To make the change permanent, edit your /etc/inittab and replace the :5 with a :3 in the runlevel section. To boot into the CLI only occasionally, just at the bootsplash hit F1 (or eventually Esc) and type : linux 3. Thanks. I meant the permanent one but it seems that my father would like to have an account so that he could play KDE's games :) Thus I'm afraid I'll have to change inittab back to 5. -- Cezary 'Thereidos' Morga [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User No. 362185 http://counter.li.org GG# 169903 ICQ# 328-700-565 Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
On Monday 04 October 2004 23:39, Thereidos wrote: W licie z pon, 04-10-2004, godz. 22:16, Kaj Haulrich pisze: On Monday 04 October 2004 22:12, Thereidos wrote: Hi there. Sorry if this question has been asked before bit I haven't noticed it in archive. The question is simple: how can I manually turn off starting X server during the boot up? I know it can be done in MCC but I'd like to learn how to do this manually. Two ways : To make the change permanent, edit your /etc/inittab and replace the :5 with a :3 in the runlevel section. To boot into the CLI only occasionally, just at the bootsplash hit F1 (or eventually Esc) and type : linux 3. Thanks. I meant the permanent one but it seems that my father would like to have an account so that he could play KDE's games :) Thus I'm afraid I'll have to change inittab back to 5. Why not boot into runlevel 3 on a permanent basis ? - I am sure your father can learn to type : Xtart. Xtart is a small program written by the venerable Civileme (of this list fame - where is he ???). It presents you with a numbered text menu from which to choose your favoured desktop environment. So, just urpmi xtart and edit /etc/inittab to runlevel 3. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
W licie z pon, 04-10-2004, godz. 23:53, Kaj Haulrich pisze: Thanks. I meant the permanent one but it seems that my father would like to have an account so that he could play KDE's games :) Thus I'm afraid I'll have to change inittab back to 5. Why not boot into runlevel 3 on a permanent basis ? - I am sure your father can learn to type : Xtart. Xtart is a small program written by the venerable Civileme (of this list fame - where is he ???). It presents you with a numbered text menu from which to choose your favoured desktop environment. So, just urpmi xtart and edit /etc/inittab to runlevel 3. Yeah, I know Xtart. In fact I have suggested this app to someone else on this list yesterday :) Currently I do have inittab switched to runlevel 3 but to use shutdown you need a root access which I won't give my father. Or maybe I'm wrong? -- Cezary 'Thereidos' Morga [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User No. 362185 http://counter.li.org GG# 169903 ICQ# 328-700-565 Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
On Tuesday 05 October 2004 00:32, Thereidos wrote: W licie z pon, 04-10-2004, godz. 23:53, Kaj Haulrich pisze: Thanks. I meant the permanent one but it seems that my father would like to have an account so that he could play KDE's games :) Thus I'm afraid I'll have to change inittab back to 5. Why not boot into runlevel 3 on a permanent basis ? - I am sure your father can learn to type : Xtart. Xtart is a small program written by the venerable Civileme (of this list fame - where is he ???). It presents you with a numbered text menu from which to choose your favoured desktop environment. So, just urpmi xtart and edit /etc/inittab to runlevel 3. Yeah, I know Xtart. In fact I have suggested this app to someone else on this list yesterday :) Currently I do have inittab switched to runlevel 3 but to use shutdown you need a root access which I won't give my father. Or maybe I'm wrong? If I'm not mistaken you can add your father to the shutdown group. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
On Tuesday 05 October 2004 00:32, Thereidos wrote: Currently I do have inittab switched to runlevel 3 but to use shutdown you need a root access which I won't give my father. Or maybe I'm wrong? Let him use halt (without the quotes) -- Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 08:32, Thereidos wrote: W licie z pon, 04-10-2004, godz. 23:53, Kaj Haulrich pisze: Thanks. I meant the permanent one but it seems that my father would like to have an account so that he could play KDE's games :) Thus I'm afraid I'll have to change inittab back to 5. Why not boot into runlevel 3 on a permanent basis ? - I am sure your father can learn to type : Xtart. Xtart is a small program written by the venerable Civileme (of this list fame - where is he ???). It presents you with a numbered text menu from which to choose your favoured desktop environment. So, just urpmi xtart and edit /etc/inittab to runlevel 3. Yeah, I know Xtart. In fact I have suggested this app to someone else on this list yesterday :) Currently I do have inittab switched to runlevel 3 but to use shutdown you need a root access which I won't give my father. Or maybe I'm wrong? You can use the poweroff or reboot command instead of shutdown -h -- stephen kuhn GNU/linux-Open Source-GPL Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft free and no viruses here. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
On Monday 04 October 2004 17:32, Thereidos wrote: W licie z pon, 04-10-2004, godz. 23:53, Kaj Haulrich pisze: Thanks. I meant the permanent one but it seems that my father would like to have an account so that he could play KDE's games :) Thus I'm afraid I'll have to change inittab back to 5. Why not boot into runlevel 3 on a permanent basis ? - I am sure your father can learn to type : Xtart. Xtart is a small program written by the venerable Civileme (of this list fame - where is he ???). It presents you with a numbered text menu from which to choose your favoured desktop environment. So, just urpmi xtart and edit /etc/inittab to runlevel 3. Yeah, I know Xtart. In fact I have suggested this app to someone else on this list yesterday :) Currently I do have inittab switched to runlevel 3 but to use shutdown you need a root access which I won't give my father. Or maybe I'm wrong? I think you are wrong. As nonroot I click on the KDE logout button select turn computer off and everything goes off except for the monitor. Which I have to turn off. Gnome has a logout icon also which works simular. Shutdown does the same but you have to be root to use that. -- Regards; Hoyt Registered Linux User #363264 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal
I meant the permanent one but it seems that my father would like to have an account so that he could play KDE's games :) Thus I'm afraid I'll have to change inittab back to 5. Or you could set his account to startx by modifying the .bash_profile file. Add startx in there, and make sure KDE is his default desktop (i don't at the moment remember how to do that). eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
