Re: Non-consoll login

From: Helge Tore Høyland (helgetore.hoeyland_at_c2i.net)
Date: 03/30/05

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    To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:19:52 +0200

    Tysdag 29. mars 2005 23:06 skreiv Lee Braiden:
    > On Tuesday 29 March 2005 21:51, Helge Tore Høyland wrote:
    > > Tysdag 29. mars 2005 22:46 skreiv Lee Braiden:
    > > > On Tuesday 29 March 2005 21:44, Helge Tore Høyland wrote:
    > > > > How do I get a non-consoll login?
    > > >
    > > > Login via X11, or over SSH, etc.
    > >
    > > I meant; how do i get to switch to a runlevel not using graphic, XFree86,
    > > at all? I need to install NVidia's driver for my graphic card.
    >
    > Debian doesn't really use runlevels. Just Ctrl-Alt-F1 to a console, login
    > as root, and run:
    >
    > /etc/init.d/kdm stop
    >
    > (or gdm, or xdm, or whatever your X display manager is). When you're done
    > upgrading,
    >
    > /etc/init.d/kdm start && exit
    >
    > to start X again and logout of the console.

    Thx a lot. Just what I needed.

    Helge Tore Høyland

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