Re: quick general debian questions
>1) How can I control the boot process? i.e.:
>Zope starts on my laptop, and Id really not like that? Id like to add
>dhcp-client. things like that
To control programs that start at boot you can look in the /etc/rc?.d
directories. For instance, the directory rc2.d controls programs that start
when you boot into runlevel 2, rc3.d does the same for runlevel 3, etc.
In those directories you will see a bunch of links (beginning with "S") to
scripts in /etc/init.d. These scripts actually start the processes , but if
you remove the links in the rc?.d script, then that process will not be
started by init when booting into that runlevel. This way you can have
different behavior on startup when booting into different runlevels.
The rc0.d and rc6.d directories are similar to the others, but the scripts
there typically begin with "K". These links cause processes to be killed when
shutting down (runlevel 0) or rebooting (runlevel 6).
>2) when starting a windowmanger from xdm, how can I autostart
>programs? basically how can I make xdm use .xinitrc?
xdm uses a file called .xsession (.xinitrc is used by startx). Linking your
old .xinitrc to .xsession should work fine:
ln -sn .xinitrc .xsession
>3) how can I set the mixer non graphically? I was using OSS on SuSE
Don't know on this one.
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