On 11/11/2011 07:39 AM, James Knott wrote:
The idea is to start the computer without a desktop. Previously, editing inittab did that. It no longer does. What's the new method to start a computer without a desktop?
I just had an idea based on my experience with 11.4 after a zypper dup a few weeks ago: just arrange for kdm to crash during boot! This shouldn't be too difficult, it's doing it all by itself! After the screen blinks and the graphic adapter's fans change RPM, the boot sequences returns and completes leaving you with a command-line login and no X. Of course, if you "want" to run KDE you can always make /usr/bin/Xorg setuid root and run "startx". Do it the old fashioned way, as in chmod 4755 /usr/bin/Xorg. But be sure you make sure your default shell is /bin/bash or you'll get an X crash without any hints of the failure in the logs. You and your users will have to eschew /bin/tcsh. Regards, Lew ..who is wondering if he's getting too old... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org