On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 09:26:04AM -0500, Davi Rios wrote: > I set up an X server with AfterStep (ah, nostalgia) just fine. I then > went and downloaded the gnome and kde packages. This killed my nice > pretty text login prompt and replaced it with xdm. I want my pretty > black and white text login prompt back, and I want gnome to get down and > stay down until such point as I see fit to type startx. http://www.google.com/search?q=%22stop+xdm+from+starting%22 points first to http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/04/msg00076.html which quotes the Frequently Asked Questions of xfree86-common which should be on your system: /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz It seems to be safe to just remove the package xdm. Alternatively you could fiddle with /etc/init.d/xdm or the files pointing to it from /etc/rc*.d/---like put 'exit 0' near the top---but I don't recommend it. > It's particularly furstrating because I'm can't even figure out how > to reboot my system without opening a root terminal and calling the > shutdown command manually. CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE just brings me back > to that ugly graphical login screen. Personally I just exit all programs and then press CTRL-ALT-DELETE. But that might not work with all computers. -- Maurits van Rees | http://maurits.vanrees.org/ [Dutch/Nederlands] Public GnuPG key: keyserver.net ID 0x1735C5C2 "Let your advance worrying become advance thinking and planning." - Winston Churchill
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