On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 13:36 +0000, Stuart Sears wrote: > On Saturday 26 March 2005 13:28, Mark Nixon wrote: > > On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 23:32 +0000, Stuart Sears wrote: > > > On Friday 25 March 2005 23:21, Mark Nixon wrote: > > > > Oops, I accidently deleted Stuart's reply. I just tried that, and > > > > I still get a little black and white greeter with an analog clock > > > > on the right hand side. > > > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > for the /etc/inittab trick to work you'll have to leave runlevel 5 > > > and reenter it (if you haven't tried this) > > > log in on a virtual terminal as root > > > init 3 > > > init 5; exit > > > Stuart > > > > By a virtual terminal you mean ctrl-alt-F4? > yes, or any other text-based terminal.(F1-F6). > In fact you *could* do this in an xterm if you wanted, > but you'd have to log in again after the 'init 3' > > And I should shut down > > all running programmes, right? > graphical apps, probably yes - to avoid losing any data in files you > currently have open. Just tried it ctl-alt-4, and it says "command not found". As a a matter of fact, commands like "ifconfig" only work for me in an xterm. I guess I'll try it in an xterm, and log in again. Sorry if I sound ignorant, but my experience is mostly with DOS, OS/2 and WIN. And I google and man the hell out of my questions. Mark
