Re: X starts on boot--no exit--shades of J P Sartre
On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 23:28:13 +0000, p wrote:
>On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 09:51:53PM -0600, Gary Turner wrote:
>> I configured xfree86 but I'm not running X because 1) my mouse acts
>> squirrelly and 2) I haven't downloaded the i810e server yet. Tonight I
>> wanted to study/work on the shutdown procedures, and said shutdown -r
>> now. This was first reboot since installing X. The X or gnome or some
>> graphic login screen appeared upon reboot and I logged in.
>>
>> Now my squirrel of a mouse-driver sends the cursor below the bottom edge
>> of the screen, and seems to move left or right 80 pixels at a time,
>> popping up little menus that I can't access. Enough playing with the
>> mouse, and a terminal screen will come up (Xterm?). Using ps and kill,
>> I can stop X, but just as fast as it dies, a new login screen appears.
>> <ctrl><alt><bs> does the same. BTW, <alt><F*> does nothing.
>>
>> Now if someone will tell me what to look at and what to change so that X
>> must be explicitly started, I will be much obliged.
>>
>> Plus, how can I get rid of it short term, so I can use emacs (pop-ups
>> cover 1/3 or so of the term screen, including the minibuffer) to edit
>> the file(s)?
>>
>> gt
>> Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash
>>
>>
>//
>
># mv /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm /etc/rc2.d/dont_use_S99xdm
Tnx, I had found the xdm script that this is linked to. Now you have
filled in the calling thingy. I'm assuming that boot steps through this
directory for init calls, no? I was going to put an exit(0) statement
at the top of the sh script as a stopgap. This seems more elegant.
gt
>
>(has always worked for me).
>
>hth.
>
>b.
>
>//>
Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash
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