Sounds like you're running xdm. If you don't want to get the "Debian GNU/Linux login (hostname)" prompt (or whatever it's exactly called), don't use xdm--use the 'startx' program instead.
I personally prefer xdm, myself... On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Dan wrote: > Would you believe it? Thanks to the info in this message I relinked > /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux and X finally worked with the mouse. (I tried > /dev/psaux using the graphical xf86setup program, but it didn't work for > some reason, how odd.) It is amazing, isn't it? Only problem now is that > when I right click and hit "Exit X" all it does is restart X with the debian > login... I think that oughta be fixed. I'll have to look into that script > file, I forget what its called. Oh well. > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > >Subject: Re: Thanks > >Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 22:05:28 EDT > > > >To all: Thanks again. I have a mouse driver on ttyS0, and the system > >detected that just fine. Anyway, it's all academic at this point, since > >my CD's will no longer install, so I am Linux-less. -- Max > > > > > >On Tue, 6 Jul 1999 11:23:36 +1000 "Carley, Jason (Australia)" > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >I had a similar problem which I traced back to gpm running expecting a > > >mouse > > >on com1 when it was actually psaux. My modem was on com1 but wvdial > > >couldn't find it due to gpm interfering. > > > > > >Took me a while but it was pretty simple in the end. > > > > > >I too have felt like giving up but kept going and am now very happy > > >with > > >things. And I have tried all distributions under the sun. > > > > > >Jason. > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Jesse Jacobsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 10:15 AM > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: Re: Thanks > > > > > > > > >On 07/05/99 at 18:53:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote concerning "Thanks": > > >> After running setserial and wvdial, disabling PnP, and many > > >other > > >> efforts, I finally, to overcome the system's refusal to detect my > > >modem > > >> (Diamond Supra 288i SP), attempted to re-install (grasping at > > >straws), > > >> but now it tells me "there was a problem" extracting the base system > > >> files from the CD-rom, so re-installation has failed and I have > > >nothing > > >> for weeks of effort.-- Max > > > > > > > > >The good news is that the Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO doesn't > > >list a modem by that description as being incompatible with Linux. > > >Now > > >you just have to take a deep breath and write a detailed report to > > >this > > >list of what you've tried. Here are some things to look at or > > >include: > > > > > >- Does the modem work in Windows? If so, does Windows give you > > > information about modem settings (IRQ, etc?) > > >- What makes you think your modem is not recognized? > > >- What happens when you try to run minicom, configured to use your > > > modem's serial device? > > >- Have you taken into account that the DOS ports COM1, COM2, COM3, and > > > COM4 correspond to the Linux devices ttyS0, ttyS1, ttyS2, and ttyS3 > > > respectively? > > > > > >For the next time you get frustrated, consider this: it's a pretty > > >good > > >guess that most of the people on this list haven't been forced to > > >reinstall Debian ever. On top of that, most probably haven't done a > > >fresh install for so long that it actually takes an effort to remember > > >what it was like! In contrast, I recall reinstalling Windows several > > >times each year. Or at least making _major_ repairs. > > > > > >I don't know if it's possible to _master_ the intricacies of Debian. > > >It's just too big! But to me, that's something to like about it. You > > >never run out of things you can learn. > > > > > >HTH, > > > > > >Jesse > > > > > >-- > > >Jesse Jacobsen, Pastor [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Grace Lutheran Church (ELS) http://www.jvlnet.com/~jjacobsen/ > > >Madison, Wisconsin GnuPG public key ID: 2E3EBF13 > > > > > > > > >-- > > >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >< > > >/dev/null > > > >___________________________________________________________________ > >Get the Internet just the way you want it. > >Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! > >Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. > > > > > >-- > >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > >/dev/null > > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jonathan Hall * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * PGP public key available Systems Admin, Future Internet Services; Goessel, KS * (316) 367-2487 http://www.futureks.net * PGP Key ID: FE 00 FD 51 -= Running Debian GNU/Linux 2.0, kernel 2.0.36 =- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
