Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-07 Thread Thereidos
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

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-07 Thread Stew Benedict
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:

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-07 Thread Thereidos
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

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-06 Thread Thereidos
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

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-06 Thread Hoyt Bailey
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

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-06 Thread Stew Benedict
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

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-05 Thread Edgars Smits
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

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-05 Thread Bryan Phinney
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

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-05 Thread Kaj Haulrich
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

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-05 Thread Thereidos
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

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-05 Thread Thereidos
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

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-05 Thread Edgars Smits
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,

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-05 Thread Anne Wilson
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

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-05 Thread Paul
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.

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-05 Thread Edgars Smits
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

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-05 Thread Bryan Phinney
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,

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-05 Thread Edgars Smits
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

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-05 Thread Kaj Haulrich
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

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-05 Thread Hoyt Bailey
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

[newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-04 Thread Thereidos
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. -- Cezary 'Thereidos' Morga [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-04 Thread Kaj Haulrich
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

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-04 Thread Thereidos
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

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-04 Thread Kaj Haulrich
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:

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-04 Thread Thereidos
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

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-04 Thread Kaj Haulrich
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

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-04 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
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

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-04 Thread Stephen Kühn
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

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-04 Thread Hoyt Bailey
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

Re: [newbie] changing boot to terminal

2004-10-04 Thread Eric Huff
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