javac@xxxxxxxx kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika sunnuntai, 4. heinäkuuta 2004 07:14): > 1.) from the graphical login screen how do i "kill" the > graphical componet to get to an old-fashioned text-only login > prompt? Ctrl-Alt-F1, login as root, "telinit 3". > 2.) from the gnome desktop ctrl-del-backspace (or > ctrl-alt-backspace, whatever forget right now) usually causes > some sort of weird sleep mode or something. Some motherboards use Ctrl-Alt-Backspace for entering sleep mode. See the BIOS setup and try to disable any power saving options. > 2a.) why doesn't > it work as expected and just bring me to an old style prompt, > sans x-windows? In runlevel 5 X should immediately restart and give you the graphical login screen. -- Markku Kolkka markku.kolkka@xxxxxx
