INPROCESS Re: root password...[ubuntu 5.10 installation issues]

[Joe(theWordy)Philbrook]

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It would appear that on Dec 13, Peter Garrett did say:

> On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:01:37 -0500
> "Joe(theWordy)Philbrook" <jtwdyp at ttlc.net> wrote:
> 
> > nah, a kubuntu expert install with a root login, run level three start
> > up, And a few cherished console tools is as far as I'll have to go to do
> > my own thing with it. <grin>
> 
> Note that a 'runlevel three start up' won't do what you would expect on
> Fedora/mandrake et al.
> 
> Debian runs X in runlevel 2 by default- if you want a non-graphical login
> the easiest way would be to disable the *dm (probably kdm in your case).
> Of course if you want to spend time learning to customise your runlevels,
> feel free ;-)
> 
> One way to do this is to replace /usr/bin/kdm with "false" or "goaway"
> or whatever you like, in the file
> 
> /etc/X11/default-display-manager
> 
> Actually Peter Lieverdink pointed this out a while ago, but maybe you
> didn't have time to read that post <grin>.

Well I can't remember if I read that one or not... But I sure noticed the
effect... <grin>
So after much moaning & groaning I pleaded for help in a thread I started
with a "Subject: id:3:initdefault: in /etc/inittab doesn't do it?????"

Whereupon a mysterious benefactor named James did kindly respond:

=> If you use kdm:
=> sudo update-rc.d -f kdm remove
=> 
=> Replace "kdm" with either "gdm" or "xdm" if you use a different login
=> manager.

Which worked like a charm... {OH happy happy joy joy...}

Of course, it doesn't bother me in the slightest that I have no idea how
to put it back if I should change my mind... <wicked grin>


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