Benjamin F. Zhou said:
> My question is: where is the file which controls which wm to start when
> I type startx from a console?
/etc/alternatives/x-window-manager is a symlink to your default wm.
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> I believe a more accurate statement would be that Debian doesn't use the same
> run levels as RedHat when determining whether or not to start X up at boot
> time. Please correct me if I'm wrong (I don't have my Debian machine in
> front of me at the moment) but a runle
Charles Baker said:
> If you can't get to a virtual terminal, then as your system boots at the
> lilo prompt type "linux single". This will boot linux into single user
> mode and you can edit /etc/inittab as needed. There is probably a line
> like this
>
> id:5:initdefault:
>
> which you will w
Benjamin F. Zhou said:
> I tried boot from disk, and try to edit the /etc/X11/config. But could not
> find it.
> Is there a way to un-start X at boot or quit, or start a second console?
Assuming it's being started by xdm,
update-rc.d xdm remove
If a different program is starting X, substitute i
Andrew Clark said:
> I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have any
> recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid?
If you're willing to pay new laptop prices, www.linuxlaptops.com will sell
you one with Linux preinstalled. Even if you don't buy from them, t
Andrew Clark said:
> I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have any
> recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid?
If you're willing to pay new laptop prices, www.linuxlaptops.com will sell
you one with Linux preinstalled. Even if you don't buy from them, t
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