Re: woody login question - newbie
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In linux.debian.user, you wrote:
> just set up woody on an old p166and it is running well..however a couple
> of things i need to know.. i elected to use the gui login so i could
> choose my desktop [kde, gnome etc etc] my questions are:
>
> [1] is it possible to switch to console login using keystrokes and if so
> what are they??
>
> [2] is it possible to change things so i can login as root or is that not
> good??
>
> i dont want to change it so that it goes to console login evertime just
> when i need to login as root and do console stuff...
>
> i have done quite a bit of searching and failed to come up with any
> solutions thanks in advance for any tips
I don't use GUI login, but you can try doing 'Ctrl Alt F2' to see if you get
a console terminal. Then you could login as root on that terminal. F2
through 6 should be available. To get back to the GUI, do 'Ctrl Alt F7'
Anita
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