Re: login -graphical user interface

2001-06-11 Thread Steve Kowalik
On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 10:35:01PM +0200, vester uttered: Ahha! The fun of removing init scripts. touch /etc/init.d/gdm chmod 755 /etc/init.d/gdm apt-get remove gdm but still, that doesn't bring the original gdm script back, does it? or am i missing something? No, of course not. But

Re: login -graphical user interface

2001-06-11 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 09:20:46PM +0930, Peter Whittam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Ok, I am new at this so be cool about it. when I start debian it immediately uses the graphical login, can I change this option to console login? http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/xdm-disable.html

Re: login -graphical user interface

2001-06-11 Thread will trillich
temporal displacement alert -- 2000 july 5? On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 09:20:46PM +0930, Peter Whittam wrote: Ok, I am new at this so be cool about it. when I start debian it immediately uses the graphical login, can I change this option to console login? regards newbee you're running a

login -graphical user interface

2001-06-10 Thread Peter Whittam
Ok, I am new at this so be cool about it. when I start debian it immediately uses the graphical login, can I change this option to console login? regards newbee

Re: login -graphical user interface

2001-06-10 Thread vester
one possibility would be to edit your /etc/init.d/windowmanager-script (that is, xdm gdm kdm or whatever you are using)...just put in exit into the first line then they won't start and you'll stay in console... you could simply delete the scripts but you shouldn't do that (because i did and now,

Re: login -graphical user interface

2001-06-10 Thread Glyn Millington
vester [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: one possibility would be to edit your /etc/init.d/windowmanager-script (that is, xdm gdm kdm or whatever you are using)...just put in exit into the first line then they won't start and you'll stay in console... you could simply delete the scripts but you

Re: login -graphical user interface

2001-06-10 Thread vester
On 10 Jun 2001, Glyn Millington wrote: you could simply delete the scripts but you shouldn't do that (because i did and now, on a reinstall of gdm i get an error that /etc/init.d/gdm doesn't exist...and if i create it again installation goes ok, but it doesn't reinstall the script

Re: login -graphical user interface

2001-06-10 Thread ktb
On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 09:20:46PM +0930, Peter Whittam wrote: Ok, I am new at this so be cool about it. when I start debian it immediately uses the graphical login, can I change this option to console login? If you're not going to use xdm you can just remove the package. # apt-get remove xdm

Re: login -graphical user interface

2001-06-10 Thread ktb
On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 02:53:24PM +0200, vester wrote: On 10 Jun 2001, Glyn Millington wrote: you could simply delete the scripts but you shouldn't do that (because i did and now, on a reinstall of gdm i get an error that /etc/init.d/gdm doesn't exist...and if i create it again

Re: login -graphical user interface

2001-06-10 Thread Steve Kowalik
On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 02:53:24PM +0200, vester uttered: [...] update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/gdm: file does not exist dpkg: error processing gdm (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 [...] it works fine if i first touch /etc/init.d/gdm only that

Re: login -graphical user interface

2001-06-10 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 01:15:02PM +0100, Glyn Millington wrote: vester [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: one possibility would be to edit your /etc/init.d/windowmanager-script (that is, xdm gdm kdm or whatever you are using)...just put in exit into the first line then they won't start and you'll

Re: login -graphical user interface

2001-06-10 Thread vester
On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Steve Kowalik wrote: On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 02:53:24PM +0200, vester uttered: [...] update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/gdm: file does not exist dpkg: error processing gdm (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 [...] it works

Re: login -graphical user interface

2001-06-10 Thread ktb
On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 10:35:01PM +0200, vester wrote: On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Steve Kowalik wrote: On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 02:53:24PM +0200, vester uttered: [...] update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/gdm: file does not exist dpkg: error processing gdm (--configure): subprocess

Re: login -graphical user interface

2001-06-10 Thread Abner Gershon
--- Peter Whittam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, I am new at this so be cool about it. when I start debian it immediately uses the graphical login, can I change this option to console login? regards newbee I am relatively new to this too. I know that during installation you can select

Re: login -graphical user interface

2001-06-10 Thread ktb
On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 02:39:37PM -0700, Abner Gershon wrote: --- Peter Whittam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, I am new at this so be cool about it. when I start debian it immediately uses the graphical login, can I change this option to console login? regards newbee I am

Re: login -graphical user interface

2001-06-10 Thread David Nusinow
On Wednesday 05 July 2000 04:50 am, Peter Whittam wrote: Ok, I am new at this so be cool about it. when I start debian it immediately uses the graphical login, can I change this option to console login? regards newbee Two things. One, go to /etc and find the inittab file, and edit the line

Re: login -graphical user interface

2001-06-10 Thread John Galt
apt-get remove xdm gdm kdm On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Peter Whittam wrote: Talk about LAG! :) Ok, I am new at this so be cool about it. when I start debian it immediately uses the graphical login, can I change this option to console login? regards newbee -- Galt's sci-fi paradox: Stormtroopers