From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from vms044pub.verizon.net ([206.46.252.44]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IANwQ-0008VU-00 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:36:34 -0400 Received: from danmint ([70.18.110.194]) by vms044.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0JL900AUSPGSLDP1@vms044.mailsrvcs.net> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:36:28 -0500 (CDT) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.5.476 [269.10.6/900]); Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:36:22 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:36:22 -0400 From: "Dan Murphy" Subject: Re: New Debian installation and confused. To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-id: <000401c7c795$276f2b40$c26e1246@danmint> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: <000801c7c744$f955c5c0$c26e1246@danmint> <20070716021207.GA22213@localhost.localdomain> <001401c7c78b$974dfa40$c26e1246@danmint> <20070716100504.GA3231@hittsjunk.net> X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:36:34 -0000 No, I don't plan to use gnome, and the idea you gave me about removing the gdm package seems to have fixed it. Thanks Kenny. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenny Hitt" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 6:05 AM Subject: Re: New Debian installation and confused. > Hi. > > First question, do you plan to use Gnome? > > If not, you can remove some packages and get the system back to a text login. > > You need to remove the package called the display manager. It is probably gdm, but it might also be xdm or kdm. > > Try typing: > > apt-get remove gdm > > as root. If it succeeds, the next time you boot you will be at tty1 in text mode. > If it fails, try running it with xdm or kdm. > > Hope this helps. > > Kenny > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >