RE: New user need some help
On Thu, April 27, 2006 5:59 am, Ken Walker wrote:
> when i do
>
> apt-get install x-window-system
> apt-get install fluxbox
>
> on a base install of Debian stable
>
>
> then startx,i go strait into fluxbox
>
>
>
> and reboot, i get a debian login screen, which when logging in takes me
> strait to fluxbox.
>
> The login screen does not have any options apart from username/password,
> nothing there for different desktops or shutdown or such.
>
> but it does work.
I believe that's part of the default window manager (TWM?) installed by X.
You can remove it if you prefer a text login. IIRC the package you'd want to
remove is xdm.
That could be incorrect, it's been a while.
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