From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.back-rdu.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id hB5J7UR02935 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 14:07:30 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id hB5JENm06444 for blinux-list@listman.back-rdu.redhat.com; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 14:14:23 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id hB5JEN206437 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 14:14:23 -0500 Received: from smtp003.mail.ukl.yahoo.com (smtp003.mail.ukl.yahoo.com [217.12.11.34]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id hB5JEM205470 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 14:14:22 -0500 Received: from unknown (HELO tom) (kd7cyu@216.173.216.10 with login) by smtp003.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with SMTP; 5 Dec 2003 19:14:16 -0000 Message-ID: <002e01c3bb64$084a8110$0200000a@tom> From: "Tom Masterson" To: References: <000e01c3bb51$f0e09120$0200000a@tom> <20031205183507.GA13145@linwin.com> Subject: Re: xwindows question Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 11:14:38 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: junk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: You may be right this is more of a straight linux question but... However inittab already reads id:2:initdefault: and it still comes up in xwindows so I am not sure where to go from here. And of course my only access to the box at this point is through telnet as I can't even switch to a readable console once gnome is up. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rafael Skodlar" To: Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 10:35 Subject: Re: xwindows question > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 09:05:07AM -0800, Tom Masterson wrote: > > Hi > > > > > I am running Debian and just installed xwindows, gnome, gnopernicus, > > etc. Now of course it assumes I want xwindows as my default on boot > > which is not true, especially since gnopernicus is not working with > > brltty at this point. So which file or files do I need to modify too > > have it come up at a console on boot and then I can start xwindows as > > I wish? > > This is not specificaly X-windows question but here it goes: > file to change is > /etc/inittab > > change line > id:5:initdefault: > to > id:2:initdefault: > > that will change your system to run in run level 2 instead of 5 which is > traditionaly used for GUI login. > > > > > TOm > -- > Rafael > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >