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Kenny Hitt <kenny@hittsjunk.net> 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
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