I installed an older version of gdm and created a new XR1196 directory in /usr/bin and now my computer only boots into command line...
I can get to the GUI using startx, but in doing so I lose all audio output, and the option to shutdown or reboot from both CairoDock and the default panel...
I need to be able to boot into the command line, instead of booting automatically into the GUI. I have Red Hat 5, Fedora 12, and also a Suse 11 box that I would like to do this in.
In addition, once at the command line, is there any way to change the command line resolution and refresh rate. I know how to do this in the GUI, but would like to view different resolutions/refresh rates at the command line screen as well.
[Background: GDM was using a blocky gray windows-like theme, regardless of appearance settings. I decided to try lightDM, but that was a disaster - booted to a black screen. I managed to get into a console to change the dm back to gdm, but now it always boots to command line and I can't figure out how to have it boot to gdm again.] After logging in to the command line, I can type 'sudo service gdm start' to get the desktop going. When going into grub, I just have the options (in brief)
Ubuntu
Ubuntu - recovery
memtest1
memtest2
I pick the first and it always boots to command line. What can I do to get it to boot into the gdm login screen again?
I wanted to be able to have a boot option to just use a command line with no X running at all. What I did was remove the gdm3 link in rc5.d . Then in /boot/grub/grug.cfg I made a new menuentry that is exactly the same as the default but I changed this line:
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=UUID=3e926e70-cb92-4847-997c-37aabda532ff ro quiet to this line: linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=UUID=3e926e70-cb92-4847-997c-37aabda532ff ro 5
This worked. It gave me a command line interface with no X running.
My question is is this the recommended way in Debian? If not what is?
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