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How to launch Debian in Terminal Mode
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| Frederick Wilson 2005-11-22, 2:46 am |
| Hello all,
I am trying to get my network adapters working on my Old Toshiba Tecra
8000. Most of what I am trying is done via the terminal windows. When I
shutdown and restart, from what I can tell I am only given the option to
boot into Gnome/Nautlius. I would like to figure out how to boot into
Terminal as ROOT for the mean time.
Thanks,
Fred
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| Bill Marcum 2005-11-22, 2:46 am |
| On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 22:33:32 -0500, Frederick Wilson
<faNOTTHISwilson@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am trying to get my network adapters working on my Old Toshiba Tecra
> 8000. Most of what I am trying is done via the terminal windows. When I
> shutdown and restart, from what I can tell I am only given the option to
> boot into Gnome/Nautlius. I would like to figure out how to boot into
> Terminal as ROOT for the mean time.
>
If you use Lilo, you can type "linux single" at the boot prompt; or
you can let it boot into Gnome, and then press ctrl-alt-F1 to get to a
console (alt-F7 to go back to the graphic screen); or you can "apt-get
remove gdm", and type "startx" when you want to go into graphic mode; or
you can rename /etc/rc2.d/S13gdm to K13gdm...
--
Life is difficult because it is non-linear.
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| Gimmmo 2005-12-05, 2:46 am |
| Hi,
If you are already in GNOME and want to switch to console,
in your xterm type: /etc/init.d/gdm stop
Rgds,
Gimmo
Frederick Wilson wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am trying to get my network adapters working on my Old Toshiba Tecra
> 8000. Most of what I am trying is done via the terminal windows. When I
> shutdown and restart, from what I can tell I am only given the option to
> boot into Gnome/Nautlius. I would like to figure out how to boot into
> Terminal as ROOT for the mean time.
>
> Thanks,
> Fred
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