Re: removing xdm
The only way I worked around your problem was to use a prompt screen and
find the xdm files and delete them manually. I changed to the root
directory: cd / and used the find command [find xdm* ]. I then used the
remove command to delete the xdm file: rm xdm*
If you can't get into a prompt, I was successful in just using the install
program to give me a prompt using the command lines option box as follows:
root = /dev/ram. The only thing I set up was the keyboard, switched to a
different console, removed the XDM file, and rebooted the system. This kept
all the previous work from being removed while disabling the X display
manager.
As touching dependencies, use dpkg to remove any dependencies that it lists
while attempting to remove xdm. I believe it lists something like
x-task-window-system. This is not a crucial for X, for XDM yes, not for X.
-----Original Message-----
From: Moses Wildermuth <MosesPro@ecity.net>
To: debian-68k@lists.debian.org <debian-68k@lists.debian.org>
Date: Thursday, November 23, 2000 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: removing xdm
>From the desk of Moses Wildermuth. Money Talks Enterprises,
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>> Uninstall it and use startx to run x from the prompt.
>>>
>>> dpkg -r xdm should work.
>>>
>>
>
>I tried this but it did not work due to dependency problem. Is it because
>xdm was still running? How do I shut xdm down? It would be ok if the d*mn
>password rtn would work right. Can I just fix that?
>
>After I get this going I need to tweak the screen mode settings a little.
>I'm getting my depth of 8, but it's on some weird 640x1440 screen.
>
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