Re: Simple little basic config questions
On Sat, 2003-10-25 at 19:57, Haines Brown wrote:
> In moving from RedHat to debian, I'm left with some simple little
> basic configuration questions. They all relate to a situation in which
> I operate at this point from console.
>
> 1. Where do I set the global bash prompt format? I changed PS1= in
> /etc/profile, but that only affects user, not root.
>
> 2. I had placed the command "setterm -blank 0" in RedHat's
> /etc/rc.d/rc.local to block screen blanking while running in
> console. Debian does not use that file. What is its equivalent?
>
> 3. My usual practice is to avoid xdm and boot to a text login
> prompt. To do this, in rc2.d I belive I edited the symlink to the
> xdm program, renaming "S99xdm ->..." to "K99xdm ->...". But in
> debian I get a beep when I try. Am I imagining I once edited the
> name of a symlink? Can't one do it in debian?
That's almost exactly what I did:
# cd /etc/rc2.d
# mv S99xdm __S99xdm
You get a beep when you try to rename the file? If so, are you
sure the file /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm exists?
Of course, you could always deinstall xdm :
# apt-get --purge remove xdm
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Jefferson, LA USA
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RICHARD REID, tried to blow up American Airlines Flight 63
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