Re: Getting to command line from GDM or KDM...

2005-03-02 Thread David Moreno Garza
On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 18:44 +, Lee Braiden wrote: > On Tuesday 01 March 2005 18:07, George Wright wrote: > > On Tuesday 01 March 2005 17:58, Charles Read wrote: > > > Simple one here... how can I get back to the command line once the > > > computer automatically starts GDM? > > Ctrl Alt F1-F6

Re: Getting to command line from GDM or KDM...

2005-03-02 Thread Lee Braiden
On Wednesday 02 March 2005 02:07, Mauro wrote: > Suggesting probably just ctrl-alt and then the fn key doesn't sound like > a correction. It sounds like a "cover all grounds" solution. Thus, my > clarification. Well, yes, I have seen it work both ways, so obviously I'm going to cover both just

Re: Getting to command line from GDM or KDM...

2005-03-01 Thread Mauro
On Tue, 2005-01-03 at 20:02 +, Lee Braiden wrote: > On Tuesday 01 March 2005 19:58, Mauro wrote: > > I have an apple keyboard and its cntrl-option(alt)-F1 to get into > > console. There is no apple key involved. > > Yep, which is why I corrected myself ;) > > -- > Lee. > > look below >

Re: Getting to command line from GDM or KDM...

2005-03-01 Thread Luis Claudio R. Goncalves
On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 12:58:22PM -0500, Charles Read wrote: | Hey everybody? | | Simple one here... how can I get back to the command line once the | computer automatically starts GDM? It seems you're looking for the key sequences people was talking about here... but if you want to do it via

Re: Getting to command line from GDM or KDM...

2005-03-01 Thread Lee Braiden
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 19:58, Mauro wrote: > I have an apple keyboard and its cntrl-option(alt)-F1 to get into > console. There is no apple key involved. Yep, which is why I corrected myself ;) -- Lee. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Getting to command line from GDM or KDM...

2005-03-01 Thread Mauro
On Tue, 2005-01-03 at 18:53 +, Lee Braiden wrote: > On Tuesday 01 March 2005 18:44, Lee Braiden wrote: > > Yep, but if you have an Mac keyboard, it'll be Alt+Apple+F1 or > > fn+Alt+Apple+F1 > > *sigh* I must've been thinking of something completely different when I wrote > this. Like food :D

Re: Getting to command line from GDM or KDM...

2005-03-01 Thread Lee Braiden
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 18:44, Lee Braiden wrote: > Yep, but if you have an Mac keyboard, it'll be Alt+Apple+F1 or > fn+Alt+Apple+F1 *sigh* I must've been thinking of something completely different when I wrote this. Like food :D If your Mac keyboard is doing strange things, like mine used to,

Re: Getting to command line from GDM or KDM...

2005-03-01 Thread Lee Braiden
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 18:07, George Wright wrote: > On Tuesday 01 March 2005 17:58, Charles Read wrote: > > Simple one here... how can I get back to the command line once the > > computer automatically starts GDM? > Ctrl Alt F1-F6 will get you back to the console VTs. Yep, but if you have an M

Re: Getting to command line from GDM or KDM...

2005-03-01 Thread Giovanni Ridolfi
Charles Read wrote: Hey everybody? Simple one here... how can I get back to the command line once the computer automatically starts GDM? If you want to have the console login: install rcconf;-) and, being root, disable [g,k,x]dm Nanni -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

Re: Getting to command line from GDM or KDM...

2005-03-01 Thread George Wright
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 17:58, Charles Read wrote: > Hey everybody? > > Simple one here... how can I get back to the command line once the > computer automatically starts GDM? Ctrl Alt F1-F6 will get you back to the console VTs. -- George Wright, http://www.gwright.org.uk KDE Developer - http

Re: Getting to command line from GDM or KDM...

2005-03-01 Thread vinai
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Charles Read wrote: Simple one here... how can I get back to the command line once the computer automatically starts GDM? You have a couple of options. I'm not at my debian box right now, but I think you can type (from an xterm, as root): # init 2 or # init 3 Failing t

Getting to command line from GDM or KDM...

2005-03-01 Thread Charles Read
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