gui install

[Peter Garrett]

On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 20:57:57 -0700
Vram <lamsokvr at xprt.net> wrote:

> I want to do a full GUI install
> 
> Then shut the GUI down and run command line.
> 
> How do I do this?
> Either tell me or point me..

I'm not certain what you mean - but if you mean you want to keep the GUI
in case of need, you can do

echo "false" | sudo tee /etc/X11/default-display-manager

Then your machine will boot to a command line prompt each time it boots.
>From there, running "startx" will start the default session ( usually
gnome in Ubuntu), or you can write your own ~/.xsession file to use
another window manager etc. You can also for example run

startx /usr/bin/startkde 

Assuming KDE exists on the system, of course. Same method for other window
managers / desktops.

If you want to just temporarily turn X off, you can run

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

( or kdm if that's what you use)

The "echo" line above is reversible by editing the file and
putting /usr/sbin/gdm  back ( or whatever *dm you prefer)

Peter
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