On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 07:15:50PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Thursday 15 December 2005 18:54, Andrew Cady wrote:
> >Not all distributions even use sysv style init. It is faulty
> >documentation that assumes any particular runlevel for any particular
> >software. That is definitely a system-
On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 07:15:50PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On any system, it seems to make sense that the cli interface is
> runlevel 3, and the x interface is runlevel 5. I'm not really sure
> what runlevels 1,2 & 4 are for unless its to be able to customize the
> system to do what you w
On Thursday 15 December 2005 18:54, Andrew Cady wrote:
>On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 08:08:03PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
>> I can understand this is more flexible, but it can be confusing
>> for someone new to Debian. All Linux doc's state runlevel 5 is for
>> multiuser with X, while Debian gdm inst
On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 08:08:03PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
>
> I can understand this is more flexible, but it can be confusing
> for someone new to Debian. All Linux doc's state runlevel 5 is for
> multiuser with X, while Debian gdm installs itself to runlevel 2...
> and this is not so obviou
On Thursday 15 December 2005 21:25, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> (Re)reading these now puts them in a totaly different light... Is there
> still any chance for a standard across distros? Diversity is good, but
> sometimes...
To what end? What do you want to gain from diversity, and how does a slightl
On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:49:20 +
Jon Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip]
> It depends what their existing experiences are. I came to debian without
> stopping off at redhat or another distro on the way for very long, and I
> don't find it confusing. In fact, I haven't ever customised my ru
On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 08:08:03PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> I can understand this is more flexible, but it can be confusing for
> someone new to Debian.
It depends what their existing experiences are. I came to debian without
stopping off at redhat or another distro on the way for very long
Andrei Popescu wrote:
>
>> Other distros use level 5 to start the GUI; Debian however has levels
>> 2 through 5 which are identical. It is up to the sysadmin (you) to
>> customize the levels to your taste.
>
> I can understand this is more flexible, but it can be confusing for
> someone new to D
Other distros use level 5 to start the GUI; Debian however has levels
2 through 5 which are identical. It is up to the sysadmin (you) to
customize the levels to your taste.
I can understand this is more flexible, but it can be confusing for
someone new to Debian. All Linux doc's state runlev
Charlie wrote:
This is my first post, please tell me if I am in the wrong place
and possibly suggest where I need to be.
This is the place.
I am really interested in Debian and have read everything in the
install instructions. I have tried the auto install and the expert26
install. In
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