Re: how to... (newbie questions)
Hello
Jeremy C B Nicoll (<Jeremy@omba.demon.co.uk>) wrote:
> I've a HP B132L which someone else put woody on for me, but I'm nearly
> totally ignorant of how things work in linux. Can anyone tell me how
> to:
>
> a) find out precisely which version of woody it is (if there are
> different versions or patch levels or whatever)? I don't know
> how to relate "woody" to posts I see naming particular kernel
> levels etc.
Check your package versions:
<http://auric.debian.org/~joey/3.0r2/>
To make sure you use the latest version, add the security server and an
Debian mirror to your sources.list and run apt-get update and apt-get
upgrade.
> b) when it boots it automatically starts X and then KDM; I think I'd
> like none of the GUI stuff to start automatically but instead to
> start them by command if/when I want to. How do I do that?
Remove the symlinks for kdm in your default runlevel:
rm /etc/rc2.d/S99kdm
Or install rcconf (rcconfig?) and deselect kdm.
Next time kdm won't start. You can start X using
startx
or
/etc/init.d/kdm start
> c) If I manage to have KDM not start, will the command: gdm
> start GDM up instead, assuming it is installed?
Not unless you tell it to.
> d) how do I find out what software is installed? Eg *is* GDM/Gnome
> in my system, and if so, where are its libraries, if I want to
> explore its parameter files etc?
Try aptitude or synaptic. Or dselect.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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