Re: stop X autobooting & gnome file manager trick?
mhf wrote:
> Hello debian-user,
>
> Issue 1: I can't figure out how to stop default windows manager
> ((fvwm)) from automatically starting upon boot into linux. I simply
> want to start from a shell and then enter "startx" when I want to get
> into a GUI. I've tried to open up "inittab" to see about changing a
> "5" to a "3" somewhere amidst all the command lines---((thought I read that
> from another post)) but I can't figure it out. There are many
> command lines in there and I don't know what they do, or refer to.
>
> If it would be helpful to see my inittab file, I'll post it. Just
> didn't want to irritate folks with an inordinately long post.
apt-get --purge remove gdm
> Issue 2: I can't get the Gnome Graphical File Manager placed onto the
> startup bar. It's the strangest thing. I go to the Gnome Menu Editor
> and there it is. Properties has it titled as "File Manager," the
> description line says it is "Graphical File Manager," and the
> application command line is filled in as "gmc." It even has an icon
> properly asssociated to it. Nonetheless, I can't get the thing placed
> onto the Gnome startup bar so that I can use it. Help, I'm totally
> stumped!
Startup bar? Not sure what you mean by that. If you are referring to the
Gnome Panel (the long thingy along the bottom of the screen), then:
1) Right-click on the Panel
2) Find the app you want in the menus
3) There should be a little box with three periods in it after the name of
the app
4) Click that box
5) Click the option of "Add this launcher to panel"
> Issue 3: Can anyone suggest a good link to get me started in
> configuring my Hewlett-Packard Deskjet 820C to print on my stand-alone
> computer. Or, if there's good documentation that comes with the
> Debian 2.1 Slink installation that I haven't been able to locate,
> please point me there.
Start with:
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=61568
Beyond that, I'll have to pass. Printing isn't something I know a whole lot
about.
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| everything is of great understanding,
'91 GS500E | for belief in one false principle is the
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