On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 11:36:23PM -0200, 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 get same results with netscape-remote. I'm not sure why. > 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. netscape should start by simply entering "netscape" in xterm command promtp. Or at least give error message. $ whereis netscape netscape: /usr/lib/netscape /usr/X11R6/bin/netscape /usr/bin/X11/netscape /usr/local/bin/netscape /usr/local/lib/netscape $ file /usr/X11R6/bin/netscape /usr/X11R6/bin/netscape: symbolic link to /etc/alternatives/netscape $ file /etc/alternatives/netscape /etc/alternatives/netscape: symbolic link to /usr/lib/netscape/477/communicator/communicator-smotif This last is what actually runs on my computer since I have communicator installed. > > 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? > Disable or remove gdm, kdm, or xdm. Assuming you have xdm installed: To stop the graphic login, [Ctrl][Alt][F1] to switch to console, login as root and run "/etc/init.d/xdm stop". The other are similar. To disable graphic login at boot, put "exit 0" on second line of the script in /etc/init.d To remove: apt-get remove xdm -- Jerome
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