From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (nat-pix.rdu.redhat.com [10.255.18.200]) by listman.rdu-colo.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h535Ug517138 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 01:30:42 -0400 Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h535VBt06014 for blinux-list@listman.rdu-colo.redhat.com; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 01:31:11 -0400 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 h535VBI06010 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 01:31:11 -0400 Received: from remt22.cluster1.charter.net (remt22.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.8.32]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id h535VBH19854 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 01:31:11 -0400 Received: from [68.117.140.165] (HELO maranatha.chartermi.net) by remt22.cluster1.charter.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.6) with ESMTP id 48346668 for blinux-list@redhat.com; Tue, 03 Jun 2003 01:31:05 -0400 Received: from chomiak (helo=localhost) by maranatha.chartermi.net with local-esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 19N4O0-000084-00 for ; Tue, 03 Jun 2003 00:31:04 -0500 Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 00:31:04 -0500 (CDT) From: Cheryl Homiak To: "blinux-list@redhat.com" Subject: Not visiting X at boot revisited: especially for debian users Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: list Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: When I rebooted a couple of hours ago I had problems; I couldn't log in. I don't know for sure if changing the runlevel added to or just didn't fix the problem of having xdm on my system, but I removed xdm and x-window-system and changed the run level back to "2" and the problem stopped happening. So I did some looking at dpkg options and came up with this: dpkg -r xdm --ignore-depends=x-sindow-system (all on one line) and when that worked I went on to do the same thing with -P (purge). I realize that overriding dependencies can be dangerrous, so if anybody does this and there are dire consequences, don't come to me for remuneration of any kind if your installation is hosed. However, I have rebooted a couple of times 9to be sure it is safe) and have run gnopernicus, and both I and my linux system appear to be intact. Cheryl