Re: Boot to console

2005-12-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
Michael Newlin wrote: I have installed Sarge/RT-Linux with the Desktop Environment option.  However, I need to boot to the console, not the gui.  I have lilo configured to boot to either linux or rtlinux, however both options boot to a gui, and running the terminal limits rtlinux

Re: Boot to console

2005-12-08 Thread Clinton V. Weiss
Michael Newlin wrote: I have installed Sarge/RT-Linux with the Desktop Environment option. However, I need to boot to the console, not the gui. I have lilo configured to boot to either linux or rtlinux, however both options boot to a gui, and running the terminal limits rtlinux’s capabilities

Re: Boot to console

2005-12-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 10:32 -0600, Michael Newlin wrote: > I have installed Sarge/RT-Linux with the Desktop Environment option. > However, I need to boot to the console, not the gui. I have lilo > configured to boot to either linux or rtlinux, however both options > boot to a gui, and running the

Boot to console

2005-12-08 Thread Michael Newlin
I have installed Sarge/RT-Linux with the Desktop Environment option.  However, I need to boot to the console, not the gui.  I have lilo configured to boot to either linux or rtlinux, however both options boot to a gui, and running the terminal limits rtlinux’s capabilities.   Any info or

Re: Re: Boot to console

2004-07-20 Thread Quoss, Clemens
>I just wanted to make a temporary change. I put exit 0 in the kdm script. Hello Glen, is this change is only temporary, why not hitting Ctrl-Alt-F1, like mentioned before? Thats the most temporary thing to do I can think of. Bye Clemens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Boot to console

2004-07-02 Thread Glenn Meehan
Thanks Kent, I just wanted to make a temporary change. I put exit 0 in the kdm script. I just wanted to know the correct way to make this temporay change. Cheers! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Boot to console

2004-07-02 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my /etc/rc2.d there are scripts for both "xdm" and "kdm" (having both > packages installed). So I'm confused that you say that "xdm" is the > controlling script; it seems to me that "kdm" (or "gdm", or "wdm") could > just as accurately be labeled as

Re: Boot to console

2004-07-02 Thread Kent West
Thomas Adam wrote: --- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you're just wanting to make a temporary change, I put the line "exit 0" as the first executable line in /etc/init.d/?dm. /etc/init.d/xdm is the controlling script, which reads /etc/X11/default-display-manager to ascertain whi

Re: Boot to console

2004-07-02 Thread Pim Bliek | PingWings.nl
OOPS, wasn't aware of that! But you are of course absolutely right. I guess that was some old Slack leftover in my head (/me slaps himself on the head).. Hmm although I do use Debian for over 4 yrs ofso :). OOPS :) Pim > --- "Pim Bliek | PingWings.nl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> By changing t

Re: Boot to console

2004-07-02 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > there is a stupid but more user friendly way > > # apt-get install rcconf > # rcconf "user-friendly" is a relative term. YMMV, TMTOWTDI, HTH, HAND. -- Thomas Adam = "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor"

Re: Boot to console

2004-07-02 Thread Lynch
there is a stupid but more user friendly way # apt-get install rcconf # rcconf unselect xdm gdm or kdm, then reboot On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 19:07, Thomas Adam wrote: > --- Glenn Meehan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > How do I make my system boot to a text based login instead of a gui

Re: Boot to console

2004-07-02 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you're just wanting to make a temporary change, I put the line "exit > 0" as the first executable line in /etc/init.d/?dm. /etc/init.d/xdm is the controlling script, which reads /etc/X11/default-display-manager to ascertain which DM to run -- change

Re: Boot to console

2004-07-02 Thread Kent West
Glenn Meehan wrote: How do I make my system boot to a text based login instead of a gui log in window? If you're wanting to make the change permanent, "apt-get [--purge] remove ?dm", where ? is w, x, k, or g, depending on which login manager you have installed. If you're just wanting to make a t

Re: Boot to console

2004-07-02 Thread Thomas Adam
--- "Pim Bliek | PingWings.nl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By changing the default runlevel. Read man init and edit /etc/inittab. No! (And I refer you to my previous post in this thread). This "changing run-level" nonsense is what gets a lot of people that have converted from RH/SuSE/Mandrake t

Re: Boot to console

2004-07-02 Thread Pim Bliek | PingWings.nl
By changing the default runlevel. Read man init and edit /etc/inittab. Good luck! > Hi, > > How do I make my system boot to a text based login instead of a gui log > in window? > > Thanks > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: Boot to console

2004-07-02 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Glenn Meehan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > How do I make my system boot to a text based login instead of a gui log > in window? echo false >> /etc/X11/default-display-manager -- Thomas Adam = "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" --

Boot to console

2004-07-02 Thread Glenn Meehan
Hi, How do I make my system boot to a text based login instead of a gui log in window? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]