Armin Wegner wrote: > > On Sat, May 29, 1999 at 09:28:11PM +0800, Barry Kauler wrote: > > I'm *still* installing my first Debian Linux! > > I got X windows running, with default window > > manager fvwm, but next time I logged in it > > didn't stop at the commandline --- went straight > > into graphics mode and gave me a login window > > for fvwm. > > In Red Hat, this is controlled by /etc/inittab, which > > sets the initial runlevel to 3. 5 is required to launch > > X. > > In Debian, inittab has default runlevel set to 2, so > > why is it launching straight into fvwm? > > Does anyone know what config file needs to be > > changed so I can login to commandline only? > > > > Also when I exit from fvwm, refuses to exit to > > the commandline. I'm back at that darn login > > window again. Even <ctrl-alt-backspace> > > won't get me out. > > Hi Barry, > > <ctrl-alt-f2> switches to the command line. > <alt-f7> switches back to X. > > Armin
BTW, (and I think this is really cool), you can Ctrl-Alt-F2 (or F3, etc) to get back to a console, then start a second copy of X with a command like "startx -- :1"; this will start X on Display #1. Then just Ctrl-Alt-F7 to get back to the original X; Ctrl-Alt-F8 to get to the new X. Click; you're in icewm; click again; you're in WindowMaker. It's really cool (show this trick to your geek co-workers/friends who only know MS-Windows; that'll light up their interest in Linux).
