Re: Simple little basic config questions

[brownh@hartford-hwp.com (Haines Brown)]

> On Sat, 2003-10-25 at 19:57, Haines Brown wrote:
> > 
> > 1. Where do I set the global bash prompt format? I changed PS1= in 
> >    /etc/profile, but that only affects user, not root.
> > 
> > 2. I had placed the command "setterm -blank 0" in RedHat's
> >    /etc/rc.d/rc.local to block screen blanking while running in
> >    console. Debian does not use that file. What is its equivalent?
> > 
> > 3. My usual practice is to avoid xdm and boot to a text login
> >    prompt. To do this, in rc2.d I belive I edited the symlink to the
> >    xdm program, renaming "S99xdm ->..." to "K99xdm ->...". But in
> >    debian I get a beep when I try. Am I imagining I once edited the
> >    name of a symlink? Can't one do it in debian?
> 
> That's almost exactly what I did:
> # cd /etc/rc2.d
> # mv S99xdm __S99xdm

Yes, I was trying to edit the word in emacs in a console, and emacs
was playing tricks on me. But renmaing with mv worked fine. Thanks.