Re: netscape

[Russell <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au>]

Galileu Paulo wrote:
> 
> Hi guys:
> 
> I am new to Linux and I have had some sort of problems I could not find the
> way out. I am using Debian 2.2r5 in an old brave Pentium 166. Here are the
> problems:
> 
> 1- I could not run Netscape. I installed the system completely and later I
> installed nestscape-base-4 with all the packages recommended by dselect.
> However, the icons on the desktop that should point to the browser do not
> work. I tried the command "netscape-remote" at the xterm window and I just
> received the answer "not running on display :0.0". I tried as root and as
> regular user. I tried to find any other executable that could start
> netscape, but no succeed. I uninstalled netscape, installed again several
> times, and nothing.
> 
> 2- Every time I install the xwindow system (I did it many times), Linux
> always run the graphical environment at startup. Sometimes I like to be able
> to start Linux with the prompt shell only. How can I do that. (I did it
> once, when I had a RedHat installed, just changing the runlevel at startup,
> but it did not work with Debian).
> 
> Could anybody help me?

ctrl-alt-F1 will get to a console. Disabling or uninstalling xdm will
stop X starting at boot.