[NBLUG/talk] 1) setting run level, 2) X11 server config

[E Frank Ball]

On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 09:56:19AM -0800, Glen Gunsalus wrote:
} I've used sarge installer to get started on my IBM 600 laptop.
} 
} 1) I'd like to start up with non-X11.  In the past i've edited inittab 
} to modify startup run level.  Doesn't seem to work for me.  How do I do 
} this on sarge?  What am I missing?

Debian doesn't use separate run levels for X11 and console like
Redhat/SuSE/Mandrake/etc, so editing inittab doesn't work unless you
manually setup different run levels to work with and without X11.


If you remove the symbolic links /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm, S99gdm, S99kdm
that will stop X from starting.  There might be some settings in
/etc/default/gdm you can change too.


} 2) The default install gave me 800x600 display.  I'd like to get 
} 1024x768 but am a bit reluctant to run xf86configure since everything 
} else is fine.  Can I edit the onfig file by hand and, if so, where do I 
} edit?   I see the screen section has several lines with resolution.  Any 
}  gotchas?

There is no xf86configure.  
xf86config sucks really badly.  
xf86cfg is somewhat better.

You can edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and change resolutions
easily enough in the Display section.  If everything else is working
then that's the best way.

   E Frank Ball   efball at efball.com