Re: Xfree86 and Knoppix
On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 02:21:48PM -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, John W. M. Stevens wrote:
>
> > Excuse? I don't get you . . . didn't you just say above that "Ctl-Alt-F2
> > gets me an open console"?
>
> Yes, because I rid myself of the accursed xdm.
OK.
> > That controls whether or not XDM (or gdm or kdm) gets started up,
> > but does not control which virtual terminal the X server is running
> > on.
> >
> > I assume that your X server is using VT7 . . . right?
> >
> > Note that xdm and siblings are not the X server itself.
>
> Exactly. So whether X is itself on tty7 doesn't mean that xdm isn't on
> tty2-6, right?
Yes, it does. XDM isn't like getty, or login. XDM stands for:
X Display Manager.
VT's 1-6, on most Linux distributions, running under getty/login
control.
So, in short, YES, xdm isn't on tty2-6. I don't kow why you thought
it was.
> > To escape xdm, simply:
> >
> > /etc/init.d/xdm stop
>
> I found
>
> apt-get remove xdm
>
> rather more to my liking!
You really, really don't like graphical user interfaces, do you?
:-\
But, hey, to each their own.
Luck,
John S.
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