On Sun, Apr 06, 2003 at 07:20:12AM +0500, Ramsay D. Seielstad, KC2GMW wrote: > Timing is everything ... after several months with the basic, nothing-X > installed, I finally got around to adding sound and Xfree86. I also ended > up rebooting and rather than the usual text consoles for login got the X > login screen. > > I was going to post asking how to get rid of X unless I deliberately > started X, but rather than trying to remove the automatic start up I think > I'll use this solution for a while.
# apt-get --purge remove xdm gdm kdm > Two items I'm not terribly clear about though - if I <CTRL><ALT><F1> from > X into a text console, am I simply suspending X? And, can I return to X > when I'm done with my text console session or do I need to stop & restart X? Just return to it. It's still running there in the background - you're just not looking at it :-) Some graphic cards have a problem with this, evidenced by them displaying a blank screen when you change away from your X session and back again. I solved this by upgrading to X4.2. Before solving it, I just only started X when I needed a GUI, and closed it down when I'd finished. HTH, jc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
