On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 08:57:28PM -0500, Stephen Boulet wrote:
I seem to have heard of some package available for debian that lets you have
a graphically nice boot up sequence. Can anyone tell me what package that is?
I'll let somebody else answer this one, as I can't.
Also, which runlevel do I switch to if I want to launch into a login screen
in X? And what file do I need to edit to change the default runlevel?
In Debian, all runlevels are initially configured to be identical.
Debian has chosen to allow the sysadmin to customize the runlevels as
they see fit. The upgrade process will not undo your customizations to
runlevels.
There are several packages that can be installed to provide a nice
graphical login screen. xdm is the original and most basic. wdm is
designed to provide a sort of NeXT look and feel, and includes a couple
options not found in xdm. gdm is part of GNOME and provides a GNOME-ish
login screen, in addition to providing the extra features of wdm. kdm
is part of kde, and is essentially the same thing as gdm or wdm, but
with a KDE appearance to it. merely install the appropriate package
with apt-get, and it will automatically run (assuming X is configured).
noah