Thanks to all who replied... getting rid of my "xdm" did it. I was concerned that my keyboard had gone bad, but it was just the gui login / xdm giving it fits. Thanks for the help!
will ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: William Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [list] Debian Users <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 1999 8:49 AM Subject: Re: Stupid user... >On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, William Schwartz wrote: > >> Well, I did something stupid, and I don't know how I did it or how to make >> it stop... > >> I added a package that when debian starts up, it proceeds right into a GUI >> login screen (with a penguin head). Now, the problem is that I don't like >> it, and I want it to go away. I don't remember what package it is or >> remember even what it is called. Now, since updating my packages. my > it is > xdm < > >I have the same problem with updating to x..._3.3.2.3a-9. >It seems to come from the "xdm"-packege. >Possibly we'll get a new update right soon. Until then you could get around the >problem moving (until the next update) /etc/init.d/xdb to, say, /etc/init.d/xdm.sav, >then you need to start your X manually e.g. startx or so ... > > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > >
