Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-15 Thread G. T. Francisco, III
On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 01:17:21PM -0500, Kyle McDonald - Eagle CAD said: > I don't know about linux specifically, but the Solaris login screen has > this same 'command-line' feature. > > The way it works in Solaris is that if 'root' (or anyone really) was > logged in on the console and started t

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-13 Thread Randy Kramer
Oscar wrote: > Try gnome-toaster (last version). It will surprise you ;-) Oscar, OK, thanks! (When I switch my burner to Linux.) Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-13 Thread Oscar
El sáb, 12-01-2002 a las 18:21, Randy Kramer escribió: > Ken Thompson wrote: > > Randy, FWIW I've had Easy CD creator burn faulty CD's several times in the > > past. I've since taken to using Gcombust in Linux and for the most part have > > trouble free burn sessions. Make sure to uncheck the "Pad

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-12 Thread Randy Kramer
Ken Thompson wrote: > Randy, FWIW I've had Easy CD creator burn faulty CD's several times in the > past. I've since taken to using Gcombust in Linux and for the most part have > trouble free burn sessions. Make sure to uncheck the "Pad" option and if you > want a bootable CD check the bootable opt

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-11 Thread Ken Thompson
On Friday 11 January 2002 03:16 pm, you wrote: > Pierre Fortin wrote: > > dd if=/dev/cdrom | md5sum > > > > This will work unless you've used written with "Pad Tracks" which adds > > zeros and alters the md5sum. Even though the md5sum may not match the > > official one, the CD is likely OK... bu

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-11 Thread Randy Kramer
Pierre Fortin wrote: > dd if=/dev/cdrom | md5sum > > This will work unless you've used written with "Pad Tracks" which adds > zeros and alters the md5sum. Even though the md5sum may not match the > official one, the CD is likely OK... burned 3 identical CDs, all with > same md5um, before findin

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-11 Thread Pierre Fortin
On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 16:05:48 -0500, Randy wrote: > Jason Guidry wrote: > > as long as you double checked the md5sums on those downloads, and had no problems with the burning, all should be ok. > > Yeah, md5sums are OK before burning (haven't yet found a way to > successfully check them after bu

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-11 Thread Randy Kramer
Jason Guidry wrote: > as long as you double checked the md5sums on those downloads, and had no problems >with the burning, all should be ok. Yeah, md5sums are OK before burning (haven't yet found a way to successfully check them after burning). > i thought maybe your hardware was being pokey,

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-11 Thread Jason Guidry
well, I'm out of ideas (not like that was gonna take long). as long as you double checked the md5sums on those downloads, and had no problems with the burning, all should be ok. i thought maybe your hardware was being pokey, but that setup sounds like it should handle it all ok. you really sh

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-11 Thread Randy Kramer
PS: Forgot to mention that, during the install I chose one of the lowest security ratings (I think it was low) to avoid any problems due to security things -- I was going to make this my experimental machine. Randy Kramer Randy Kramer wrote: > > > When I do press 1 (thru 6), the screen blanks mo

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-11 Thread Randy Kramer
Jason Guidry wrote: > Randy Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yup. works great. Thanks! > > When I do press 1 (thru 6), the screen blanks momentarily, > > then whatever was displayed on the X window appears, but as a dead > > screen -- mouse won't move, can't type. If I then press 7, I > > g

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-11 Thread Randy Kramer
Oops, left out the F in front of the various numbers (I am using the Fn keys). Randy Kramer Randy Kramer wrote: > Jason Guidry wrote: > > type Ctrl-Alt-Fx where x is a number 1-6. this will bring you to one of the 6 >text only cosoles. hit Ctrl-Alt-F9 to get back to X. > > Jason (or anybody

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-11 Thread Kyle McDonald - Eagle CAD
G. T. Francisco, III wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 11:46:58AM -0600, Jason Guidry said: > >>This is my new favorite trick. you can even do this while you're logged in. >> >>type Ctrl-Alt-Fx where x is a number 1-6. this will bring you to one of the 6 text >only cosoles. hit Ctrl-Alt-F9 to

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-11 Thread Jason Guidry
On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:21:35 -0500 Randy Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jason Guidry wrote: > > type Ctrl-Alt-Fx where x is a number 1-6. this will bring you to one of the 6 >text only cosoles. hit Ctrl-Alt-F9 to get back to X. > > Jason (or anybody else), > > Does that work for you in

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-11 Thread Randy Kramer
Jason Guidry wrote: > type Ctrl-Alt-Fx where x is a number 1-6. this will bring you to one of the 6 text >only cosoles. hit Ctrl-Alt-F9 to get back to X. Jason (or anybody else), Does that work for you in Mandrake 8.1? Curious because it does not for me after my first (partially??) successfu

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-11 Thread G. T. Francisco, III
On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 11:46:58AM -0600, Jason Guidry said: > > This is my new favorite trick. you can even do this while you're logged in. > > type Ctrl-Alt-Fx where x is a number 1-6. this will bring you to one of the 6 text >only cosoles. hit Ctrl-Alt-F9 to get back to X. > Thanks. I'm

Re: [expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-11 Thread Jason Guidry
On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:31:34 -0600 "G. T. Francisco, III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I usually boot to a non GUI prompt. I login as root, type kdm and I get > the KDM screen. However on 8.1, I noticed that while on the KDM screen, > the "Shutdown" option only gives 2 options: Shutdown and Reboo

[expert] How to get to command line from kdm?

2002-01-11 Thread G. T. Francisco, III
I usually boot to a non GUI prompt. I login as root, type kdm and I get the KDM screen. However on 8.1, I noticed that while on the KDM screen, the "Shutdown" option only gives 2 options: Shutdown and Reboot. On 8.0, there was a 3rd option: "Command Line" I tried going into say KDE, opened an xte