On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Dave Turner wrote: > It has been hard work but I now have a Rev A iMac dual-booting MacOS9 > and Debian 3.0r2. I am using the 2.4.18-newpmac kernel. I have not > installed X windows. I have searched the mail archives and read many > emails, some helped (which is why I have a working system), and some > went right over my head... > > The current list of problems is:- > > 1) CTRL-ALT-DEL causes system reboot. I have to type "shutdown -h now".
man inittab > 3) I did have X windows working, but there was no way I could shut the > system down. Several possibilities: 1) issue the "shutdown -h now" command as root. 2) use the system menu of KDM or GDM to issue the shutdown. > How do I setup X windows so that I can type "startx" or "initx" at the > prompt? I do NOT want X starting automatically. Just avoid installing GDM/KDM/XDM. > How do I set it up so that I can shutdown X and get back to the prompt > so I can shut the system down? You need a way to exit your window manager's session. That should return you to the command prompt. > 4) how do I set up "sudo" so I can login as me and install stuff without > logging out and going back in as root? man sudoers > 5) Should I be using a later 2.4 or 2.6 kernel? I have no signs of the > display problems reported by other CRT iMac users. The 2.4 kernels are just fine. Here, I use a 2.6 kernel on an iMac CRT rev.D. You would need the module-init-tools and other 2.6 goodies from Sarge to use it though. If that's not a problem for you, try the kernel at: http://funkyware.konflux.at/ -- Martin-Éric Racine, ICT Consultant http://www.pp.fishpool.fi/~q-funk/
