On Sun, Apr 08, 2001, Aaron wrote:
> This may sound dumb, but how do I remove xdm? I am new to debian and don't
> know how to do this. And once xdm is removed will the system then use
> .xinitrc and start gnome?
Aaron,
You want 'update-rc.d -f xdm remove' (run as root). Use 'update-rc.d
-n -f xdm remove' to try it out without actually doing anything. See
'man update-rc.d' for more info. 'update-rc.d' is one of many handy
Debian-specific tools. You might also want to acquaint yourself with
the unrelated, but also helpful, 'update-alternatives', which
similarly manages certain resources in /etc.
Here's some more info:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /usr/sbin/update-rc.d
usage: update-rc.d [-n] [-f] <basename> remove
update-rc.d [-n] [-f] <basename> defaults [NN | sNN kNN]
update-rc.d [-n] [-f] <basename> start|stop NN runlvl runlvl . ...
-n: not really
-f: force
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
BTW, this was covered earlier this week on this list. You might want
to also consult the list archives at debian.org.
Take care and hope this helps,
Daniel
>
> thanks,
>
> Aaron
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ktb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 6:26 PM
> To: Debian-List
> Subject: Re: Default Window Manager
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 06:53:23PM -0700, Aaron wrote:
> > X is currently being started by xdm I believe.
> > The system start twm as the current default WM and I am not getting any
> > error messages just not the WM I want.
> > I didn't have any .xinitrc files on the system so after reading the other
> > message I created one even though it didn't seem to do anything. Currently
> > my .xinitrc file simply says 'echo gnome-session'.
> >
>
> Remove xdm or kill the start scripts. If I remember right you wanted to
> use 'startx'
> I don't think xdm reads .xinitrc. I may be wrong about that. I haven't
> used xdm for a long time.
> kent
>
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Cornell University
