On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, Dennis Dixon wrote:
> 4) Which command starts XFree86, 'xdm' or 'xstart'? When installing XFree86
> it asks if you want 'xdm' to start at boot time. Then warns that if the
> monitor isn't configured yet this could cause problems. Will answering yes
> actually bring up a graphical interface at boot time? The safe answer would
> be 'no', but then what initialization file do I change later when I want it
> to start at boot time?
you are after startx.
Yes, answering yes to the xdm question will bring up a graphical login
screen at boot. It would be a good idea to get X configured correctly for
you video card first though. BTW, Your original VT's are still there when
it is started, just type CTRL-ALT-Fx to get to them.
To get xdm to run on boot, change the line "no-start-xdm" to "start-xdm"
in /etc/X11/config
You can then directly call '/etc/init.d/xdm start' to get xdm to start
without a reboot.
> 5) Last, and this may seem really silly, but what is the correct way to log
> off and turn off the machine. I've been just turning off the computer at
> the 'login' prompt, but when I reboot I get messages such as '... not
> cleanly unmounted' leading me to believe I'm not doing things correctly.
BIG NO-NO!!! type CTRL-ALT-DEL. thats stops everything and unmounts the
root partition correctly.
other ways: (when logged in)
shutdown -h now (halt)
halt (halt)
shudown -r now (reboot)
reboot (reboot)
Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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