Re: Inittab runlevel problem
Hi...
Thank you everybody for the suggestions. I did edit my /etc/rc2.d and
removed the link to gdm. Now Im able to get to virtual terminal. Now to
the other problem :)
Let me talk abt my setup here. The machine Im trying to get Linux going is
a desktop and for some reasons I do not have permission to put it on any
form of a network. It is at my school and is basically cut off from the
rest of the world. Im using my laptop to communicate with this group.!So
it may not be possible for me always paste my config files immediately
here.Im working with woody and 2.2.20 kernel. My video card is nvidia
geforce2 mx 400, logitech wheel usb mouse.
When I start kdm/gdm, no input from the keyboard or mouse is recognized.
What type of mouse port should I select when reconfiguring xfree86 ? It
gives me the foll options :
/dev/psaux/
/dev/ttyS0
/dev/ttyS1... and so on till ttyS3
/dev/input/mice
/dev/atibm/
/dev/sunmouse/
/dev/gpmdata
I will try to get the xf86config file here..(only if i can find a damn
floppy :) )
Thanks for the help and patience.
--Ashish
On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, [iso-8859-1] François TOURDE wrote:
> Le 12366ième jour après Epoch,
> als1140@cs.rit.edu écrivait:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have two problems. First, when X starts, I am taken to the GDM login
> > screen, but my keyboard or mouse arent recognized.I will come to this
> > later.
> >
> > But initially, when I boot up, Im not able to go the virtual terminal
> > login screen. After booting, x starts and up comes the GNOME login screen
> > and since no input from keyboard/mouse is recognized , I cant do much.
> >
> > Somebody sugggested, setting the run level to 2 in the /etc/inittab file.
> > I did check its contents and it is 2. While boot up, it does show ;
> > INIT : Entering runlevel: 2. But after booting is complete , GNOME
> > screen comes up.How can I fix this,so that I stay at the
> > virtual terminal screen, without having to press Alt F1 ?
>
> Runlevels are distro dependants. Debian default is 2. Red Hat, for
> example is 2->text login, 3->[x|g|?]dm graphic login.
>
> Try to boot in single user (at prompt, type "linux single" or
> "whatever single" depending your kernel name).
>
> Then remove in /etc/rc2.d the link to ?dm ...
>
> You can use rm, or better is update-rc.d ... But rm works good because
> it's only a symlink.
>
> Then you can "init 2" to go into your runlevel.
>
> For your kbd/mouse problem, post your xfree log, and your XF86Config
> (or XF86Config-4) file.
>
> HTH
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Graduate Student
Dept of Computer Science
Rochester Institute of Technology
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