From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IAT0S-0005Xg-00 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:01:04 -0400 Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06C639ECF for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:01:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:01:04 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: wVTZTimL3PXXipZUk3Sn/wdNbLFIdkl0ikZggTBuNXHt 1184601663 Received: from cq.ftml.net (24-105-197-112.cm.mhcable.com [24.105.197.112]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTP id 609A4641C for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:01:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from chuckh by cq.ftml.net with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IAT0R-00052w-1c for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:01:03 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:01:03 -0400 From: Chuck Hallenbeck To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: New Debian installation and confused. Message-ID: <20070716160103.GA19313@cq.ftml.net> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <000801c7c744$f955c5c0$c26e1246@danmint> <20070716021207.GA22213@localhost.localdomain> <001401c7c78b$974dfa40$c26e1246@danmint> <20070716100504.GA3231@hittsjunk.net> <20070716155633.GA24231@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070716155633.GA24231@localhost.localdomain> 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 16:01:04 -0000 If I'm not mistaken, Debian does not differentiate among run levels 2 through 5. They are all the same out of the box. The user is welcome to fashion them differently if he wishes, but unless he does so, 2 is the same as any other run level (except of course 0, 1, or 6. Or has that changed with etch? Chuck On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 08:56:33AM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- The Moon is Waxing Crescent (5% of Full) My new web site location is at: http://hallenbeck.ftml.net The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.