Galileu Paulo wrote: > > Hi guys: > > I am new to Linux and I have had some sort of problems I could not find the > way out. I am using Debian 2.2r5 in an old brave Pentium 166. Here are the > problems: > > 1- I could not run Netscape. I installed the system completely and later I > installed nestscape-base-4 with all the packages recommended by dselect. > However, the icons on the desktop that should point to the browser do not > work. I tried the command "netscape-remote" at the xterm window and I just > received the answer "not running on display :0.0". I tried as root and as > regular user. I tried to find any other executable that could start > netscape, but no succeed. I uninstalled netscape, installed again several > times, and nothing. > > 2- Every time I install the xwindow system (I did it many times), Linux > always run the graphical environment at startup. Sometimes I like to be able > to start Linux with the prompt shell only. How can I do that. (I did it > once, when I had a RedHat installed, just changing the runlevel at startup, > but it did not work with Debian). > > Could anybody help me?
ctrl-alt-F1 will get to a console. Disabling or uninstalling xdm will stop X starting at boot. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
