Re: Stupid user...
Thanks to all who replied... getting rid of my "xdm" did it. I was concerned
that my keyboard had gone bad, but it was just the gui login / xdm giving it
fits. Thanks for the help!
will
----- Original Message -----
From: <doc@nicpc.mpe-garching.mpg.de>
To: William Schwartz <willschwartz@usa.net>
Cc: [list] Debian Users <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 1999 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: Stupid user...
>On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, William Schwartz wrote:
>
>> Well, I did something stupid, and I don't know how I did it or how to
make
>> it stop...
>
>> I added a package that when debian starts up, it proceeds right into a
GUI
>> login screen (with a penguin head). Now, the problem is that I don't like
>> it, and I want it to go away. I don't remember what package it is or
>> remember even what it is called. Now, since updating my packages. my
> it is > xdm <
>
>I have the same problem with updating to x..._3.3.2.3a-9.
>It seems to come from the "xdm"-packege.
>Possibly we'll get a new update right soon. Until then you could get around
the
>problem moving (until the next update) /etc/init.d/xdb to, say,
/etc/init.d/xdm.sav,
>then you need to start your X manually e.g. startx or so ...
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