From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org ([63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IASwh-0005QR-00 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:57:12 -0400 Received: (qmail 24304 invoked by uid 1000); 16 Jul 2007 08:56:34 -0700 Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:56:33 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: New Debian installation and confused. Message-ID: <20070716155633.GA24231@localhost.localdomain> References: <000801c7c744$f955c5c0$c26e1246@danmint> <20070716021207.GA22213@localhost.localdomain> <001401c7c78b$974dfa40$c26e1246@danmint> <20070716100504.GA3231@hittsjunk.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070716100504.GA3231@hittsjunk.net> X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) 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 15:57:13 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Kenny, or anyone else who knows, how is it that the default run level in /etc/inittab was still 2, but gdm/kdm/xdm started up anyway? I thought that run level 2 meant that the system was supposed to boot into text mode, and that the gui login managers weren't supposed to start up. Greg On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 05:05:04AM -0500, Kenny Hitt wrote: > 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 - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGm5Ux7s9z/XlyUyARAglTAKColOnOgq1Y1HDNX3v1+pojPdEWWwCghztJ KIwX43Q6g50nKOR9ytu4Ago= =EXRH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----