On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 17:45:51 +0000 "Kleene, Steven (kleenesj)" <kleen...@ucmail.uc.edu> wrote:
> I am running Wheezy (v7 = oldoldstable) and intend to replace it with > a fresh install of Stretch (v9 = stable) before Wheezy's support runs > out on May 31st. I will try the default systemd installation and see > how I like it. > > After the installation, I will want to build my system from my > favorite window manager (fvwm). With sysvinit, I would set > initdefault to runlevel 3 in /etc/inittab. In /etc/rc3.d, I would > rename gdm3 so that I would boot into a terminal interface (command > line) instead of Gnome. Then I would quickly install fvwm, call > startx, and happily finish building. Just install a "terminal only" system first. That is no X, no display manager, no window manager, etc. I used the Netinstall ISO. Then install what you want piece by piece. This is what I did with both Wheezy and Stretch. For Stretch, the init conversion -- systemd to sysvinit -- is a simple, as root, 'apt-get install sysvinit-core sysvinit-utils' IIRC. You don't have to "uninstall" systemd. The sysvinit-core install takes care of everything so systemd won't run, but the systemd libraries remain for those apps that have them as dependencies. These are the instructions I used. Just the Required Steps: http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/Debian_Stretch > I know systemd doesn't have inittab. Will the default installation > leave me with a terminal interface whenever I boot? If not, how will > I accomplish that? With both my systems, I boot directly to a terminal by default which was what I wanted. Didn't have to do anything special. > I also thought I had read about some problem with window > authentication in Stretch, but I can't find any such posts now. I've never had any problems, but I use Openbox instead of fvwm. B
