Mike Werner wrote: > > John McBride wrote: > <stuff snipped> > > Actually, I strongly prefer startx, but don't see how to disable gdm > > without breaking helix-gnome -- it seems to require gdm. You can't > > simply edit /etc/inittab like you can on RedHat. apt-get remove gdm > > pulls helix-gnome off the system. I'll review those files. > > Actually, what gets removed is task-helix-gnome, which is just a meta-package > that has a Depends line containing the Helix-Gnome stuff. That can actually > be safely removed. An alternative is to do (as root): > update-rc.d -f gdm remove > > What this does is remove the symlinks in the /etc/rc.x directories, while > leaving the gdm start script in the /etc/init.d directory. Also, the gdm > package stays installed. It just doesn't get used unless you explicitly > call it yourself.
After running this command (update-rc.d -f gdm remove), rebooting, and typing "startx", I get a grey stipple screen with no window manager. There's probably more to it, or my install has gone bad in some other way. This kind of proves my point -- to get something installed properly under Debian, you need to know a slew of configuration and config file details. --- John
