Re: The Thrill of Debian Gnu/Linux
Mike Werner wrote:
>
> John McBride wrote:
> <stuff snipped>
> > Actually, I strongly prefer startx, but don't see how to disable gdm
> > without breaking helix-gnome -- it seems to require gdm. You can't
> > simply edit /etc/inittab like you can on RedHat. apt-get remove gdm
> > pulls helix-gnome off the system. I'll review those files.
>
> Actually, what gets removed is task-helix-gnome, which is just a meta-package
> that has a Depends line containing the Helix-Gnome stuff. That can actually
> be safely removed. An alternative is to do (as root):
> update-rc.d -f gdm remove
>
> What this does is remove the symlinks in the /etc/rc.x directories, while
> leaving the gdm start script in the /etc/init.d directory. Also, the gdm
> package stays installed. It just doesn't get used unless you explicitly
> call it yourself.
After running this command (update-rc.d -f gdm remove), rebooting, and
typing "startx", I get a grey stipple screen with no window manager.
There's probably more to it, or my install has gone bad in some other
way.
This kind of proves my point -- to get something installed properly
under Debian, you need to know a slew of configuration and config file
details.
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John
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