Re: Some newbie questions
He doesn't want it as a startup thing. There ain't no extreme about it,
just a preference. Linux is not confined to X, so why artificially
confine it? BTW why stop at 7 VTs when you can make up to 255 relatively
easily (I have 9+syslog [X gets VT10] and would have more, but I don't
like the idea of WPish ctl/alt/shift fkeys)?
On Sun, 9 May 1999, John Foster wrote:
> "Luis M. Garcia" wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, May 10, 1999 at 12:47:04AM +1000, Robert Norris wrote:
> > > > 1 - My X server since installation starts automaticly... I don't want it to
> > > > auto - start. How do I take that option out?
> > >
> > > I'm guessing you mean xdm. If your system is like mine, you'll have a file
> > > /etc/X11/config. In their will be a line 'start-xdm' which you should
> > > replace with 'no-start-xdm'.
> >
> > This is true if you are using Debian 2.0; if you have Debian 2.1 (aka Slink)
> > you should remove the xdm package if you don't want X server to start
> > automatically:
> >
> > dpkg --remove xdm
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> That's kind of extreme! Before you do that try using Ctrl-Alt F1 (or any
> F key from F1 thru F6) to access a regular console. If you want to
> return to the XWindow use Ctrl-Alt-F7 . you can go back and forth as
> needed. I find this technique very useful when installing new software,
> as I can run several terminals including X with different users logged
> in.
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