Hi Does anyone know how to add console as an option in the KDM login window? I got KDE2 running on SuSE 6.4 (Kernel 2.2.14) but now I find that it would be nice to be able to select "console" when I login to my system. I suspect it should be pretty simple, but I'm afraid to screw up my X configuration... I know that I can get a virtual console (ALT+CRTL+F*) but what I want is to login to the system without X running in the background. And I find it too cumbersome to first login to KDE, then open a terminal, then SU to root, to issue init 2, to have KDE and X shutdown, leaving me in a *real* console... Couldn't seem to find any documentation that covers this... And yes, I am relatively new to Linux, so please bear with me... Jon
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login to the system without X running in the background. And I find it too cumbersome to first login to KDE, then open a terminal, then SU to root, to issue init 2, to have KDE and X shutdown, leaving me in a *real* console...
You can su, then edit /etc/inittab in the line that is currently set to
# default runlevel id:3:initdefault:
Change the "3" to "2", and the next boot will be to the console mode. This true of 6.4, but I have read somewhere that in 7.1 a lot of stuff moved close to the standard and the runlevels have changed. I don't know how this will effect /etc/inittab. Ed Harrison SuSE 6.4, Kernel 2.4.1, X 4.0.2, IBM JDK 1.1.8 or Warp 4, FP12 or Windows98 (running in vmware 2.0.3 for fun) PolarBarMailer 1.1.19a
Jon, If you want to get rid of the GUI login all together and just type startx or not type startx to use a console only..then you can change this in the /etc/rc.config # Here you can set the default Display manager (kdm/xdm/gdm/wdm/console). # Attention: CHECK_INITTAB has to be set to yes, to activate this feature. # If DISPLAYMANAGER is set to console, SuSEconfig will not bother you # with a missing XF86Config. # DISPLAYMANAGER="" Just make sure that it has nothing set..and you won't have to deal with that GUI login screen. * Jon Clausen (jonclausen@get2net.dk) [010225 05:07]: =>Hi => =>Does anyone know how to add console as an option in the KDM login window? => =>I got KDE2 running on SuSE 6.4 (Kernel 2.2.14) but now I find that it would =>be nice to be able to select "console" when I login to my system. I suspect =>it should be pretty simple, but I'm afraid to screw up my X configuration... => =>I know that I can get a virtual console (ALT+CRTL+F*) but what I want is to =>login to the system without X running in the background. And I find it too =>cumbersome to first login to KDE, then open a terminal, then SU to root, to =>issue init 2, to have KDE and X shutdown, leaving me in a *real* console... => =>Couldn't seem to find any documentation that covers this... => =>And yes, I am relatively new to Linux, so please bear with me... => =>Jon => =>-- =>To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com =>For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com =>Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq => -- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org -------------------- If two people agree completely then only one of them is doing the thinking.
Ben Rosenberg wrote:
Jon,
If you want to get rid of the GUI login all together and just type startx or not type startx to use a console only..then you can change this in the /etc/rc.config
Yes Ben. Anybody can do that. ;-) I think he is aware of that too. I further think the question indeed aims much deeper: Have the graphical login and select "console" instead of "KDE" as "windowmanager" (This obviously makes sense with KDM only) After login, X shuts down and after logout X and KDM gets restarted. I know this behaviour from HP-UX 10.20 that offers a "console mode" from the graphical login. So, this looks more like a sensible request for feedback@suse.com Juergen -- =========================================== __ _ Juergen Braukmann juergen.braukmann@gmx.de| -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Tel: 0201-743648 dk4jb@db0qs.#nrw.deu.eu | /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ===========================================_\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\
On Sun, 25 Feb 2001 juergen.braukmann@ruhr-west.de wrote:
Ben Rosenberg wrote:
Jon,
If you want to get rid of the GUI login all together and just type startx or not type startx to use a console only..then you can change this in the /etc/rc.config
Yes Ben. Anybody can do that. ;-) I think he is aware of that too. I further think the question indeed aims much deeper: Have the graphical login and select "console" instead of "KDE" as "windowmanager" (This obviously makes sense with KDM only) After login, X shuts down and after logout X and KDM gets restarted. I know this behaviour from HP-UX 10.20 that offers a "console mode" from the graphical login.
What threw me off in his original question was this: "I know that I can get a virtual console (ALT+CRTL+F*) but what I want is to login to the system without X running in the background". That tells me someone wants a non-X init level. The above scenario from Juergen is pretty cool if that's what one is looking for. Greg
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