Re: Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-15 Thread John Foster
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > John Foster wrote: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > John Foster wrote: > > > > Any idea what I need to edit to get my system back to what I like. I > > > > will probably figure it out sooner or later, but sooner will be > > > > better. > > > > > > P

Re: Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:59:35 -0500, John Foster wrote: > I recently had to do a new installation of squeeze on a production > server. Its been a LONG time since I did that and I see a few things are > different since my last time. I can not access the consoles by hitting > ctrl,alt, delete. I reca

Re: Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-15 Thread Darac Marjal
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 08:39:24PM -0500, John Foster wrote: >On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Bob Proulx <[1]b...@proulx.com> wrote: > > John Foster wrote: > > Well I use it as an application server for a lot of video content so > > I need the X-windows for editing and viewing.

Re: Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-14 Thread Bob Proulx
John Foster wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > John Foster wrote: > > > Any idea what I need to edit to get my system back to what I like. I > > > will probably figure it out sooner or later, but sooner will be > > > better. > > > > Probably. But please do tell us on the mailing list what it is that >

Re: Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-14 Thread John Foster
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > John Foster wrote: > > Well I use it as an application server for a lot of video content so > > I need the X-windows for editing and viewing. I also do both on > > this system and it is an intranet server as well. > > When you said production

Re: Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-14 Thread Whit Hansell
On 09/14/2011 06:59 PM, John Foster wrote: I recently had to do a new installation of squeeze on a production server. Its been a LONG time since I did that and I see a few things are different since my last time. I can not access the consoles by hitting ctrl,alt, delete. I recall a couple of ye

Re: Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-14 Thread Bob Proulx
John Foster wrote: > Well I use it as an application server for a lot of video content so > I need the X-windows for editing and viewing. I also do both on > this system and it is an intranet server as well. When you said production server it implied something like a rack mount data center server

Re: Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-14 Thread John Foster
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > John Foster wrote: > > I recently had to do a new installation of squeeze on a production > server. > > Excellent! > > > Its been a LONG time since I did that and I see a few things are > different > > since my last time. I can not access the c

Re: Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-14 Thread Bob Proulx
John Foster wrote: > I recently had to do a new installation of squeeze on a production server. Excellent! > Its been a LONG time since I did that and I see a few things are different > since my last time. I can not access the consoles by hitting ctrl,alt, > delete. You mean Control-Alt-F1 inste

Console access using F1 etc

2011-09-14 Thread John Foster
I recently had to do a new installation of squeeze on a production server. Its been a LONG time since I did that and I see a few things are different since my last time. I can not access the consoles by hitting ctrl,alt, delete. I recall a couple of years ago that I had to edit something somewhere