Haines Brown([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
> In moving from RedHat to debian, I'm left with some simple little
> basic configuration questions. They all relate to a situation in which
> I operate at this point from console.
>
> 1. Where do I set the global bash prompt format? I changed PS1= in
> /etc/profile, but that only affects user, not root.
.bash_profile or .bashrc in users home dir.
(Below on 1 line)
.bash_profile:export PS1="\[`setterm -foreground
cyan`\]VT${V_TERM##/dev/tty} \u-Buddy:\w\\$\[`setterm -default`\] "
>
> 2. I had placed the command "setterm -blank 0" in RedHat's
> /etc/rc.d/rc.local to block screen blanking while running in
> console. Debian does not use that file. What is its equivalent?
Same place as #1
> 3. My usual practice is to avoid xdm and boot to a text login
> prompt. To do this, in rc2.d I belive I edited the symlink to the
> xdm program, renaming "S99xdm ->..." to "K99xdm ->...". But in
> debian I get a beep when I try. Am I imagining I once edited the
> name of a symlink? Can't one do it in debian?
I also boot to text login. I never installed xdm or any other display
manager so it boots into text.
:-) HTH, YMMV, HAND :-)
Wayne
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