On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 10:26:29PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Haines Brown wrote: > > >In moving from RedHat to debian, I'm left with some simple little > >basic configuration questions. They all relate to a situation in which > >I operate at this point from console. > > > >1. Where do I set the global bash prompt format? I changed PS1= in > > /etc/profile, but that only affects user, not root. > > > > > This is the place; however, users can over-ride this by creating their > own ~/.profile file. I believe a typical Debian setup does not have > personal .profiles in users' home directories by default, but there is > one in root's home directory by default.
My system (woody) sets up .bash_profile when a new user is added. > > >2. I had placed the command "setterm -blank 0" in RedHat's > > /etc/rc.d/rc.local to block screen blanking while running in > > console. Debian does not use that file. What is its equivalent? > > > Sorry; can't address this one. > > >3. My usual practice is to avoid xdm and boot to a text login > > prompt. To do this, in rc2.d I belive I edited the symlink to the > > xdm program, renaming "S99xdm ->..." to "K99xdm ->...". But in > > debian I get a beep when I try. Am I imagining I once edited the > > name of a symlink? Can't one do it in debian? > > > Yes, you can do it in Debian. I'm not sure when you're getting the beep; > is it when you're trying to rename the file, or when the script runs, or > what? However, if you don't ever want xdm to run, I'd suggest you just > remove it: > apt-get --purge remove xdm > You can always reinstall it later if you want it: > apt-get install xdm > > There are other ways to defeat xdm also, such as renaming the actual > script (not just the symlink) in /etc/init.d, or by placing an "exit 0" > as the first executable line in the script. > > > -- > Kent > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- David Jardine "Running Debian GNU/Linux and loving every minute of it." -Sacher M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
