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Old 02-14-2004, 06:03 PM   #1
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i have installed debian and rebooted my computer it asked me for the login in text mode how do make it come in graphic
 
Old 02-14-2004, 06:11 PM   #2
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change your /etc/rc.d setting



p.s: the title linux newbie has nothing to do with your how to change your setting into graphic so plz next time use diff title

pps: read this

http://www.slackware.com/book/index....urce=c623.html
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Old 02-14-2004, 06:14 PM   #3
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the /etc/inittab file you should alter the line:

id:3:initdefault:
to
id:5:initdefault:

sets the default runlevel to 5.
 
Old 02-14-2004, 06:25 PM   #4
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from the comand line type
startx
and that should do it, the inittab thing makes it perminat
 
Old 02-14-2004, 11:07 PM   #5
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Suppose you are in graphical mode, How to go back to text mode in debian?
In Mandreke we do ´ctrl+Shift+F1'and in Redhat we do ćtrl + Shift + Backspace´
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Old 02-14-2004, 11:24 PM   #6
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crtl alt backspace (this one istent distro specific, xfree86 reconizes this as the comand to terminate, so unless your distro compiled xfree86 without this (requires source modification i think) then it should work
 
  


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