Comments on: Booting in to the command prompt http://embraceubuntu.com/2006/01/22/booting-in-to-the-command-prompt/ Not quite everything about Ubuntu, but close. Sat, 19 May 2012 22:14:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: sex sikiş http://embraceubuntu.com/2006/01/22/booting-in-to-the-command-prompt/#comment-148616 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:43:59 +0000 http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/01/22/booting-in-to-the-command-prompt/#comment-148616 Help please,
I managed to boot to command line using

]]> By: porno sikiş http://embraceubuntu.com/2006/01/22/booting-in-to-the-command-prompt/#comment-148517 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:53:57 +0000 http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/01/22/booting-in-to-the-command-prompt/#comment-148517 I think you mean

]]> By: JT http://embraceubuntu.com/2006/01/22/booting-in-to-the-command-prompt/#comment-145327 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:55:21 +0000 http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/01/22/booting-in-to-the-command-prompt/#comment-145327 I hope you’ve sorted your box now already(!) but for future viewers, it should be /usr/sbin/gdm (not /usr/bin/gdm). KDM, if present, is in /usr/bin however – how confusing.

The more reliable way to select your display manager is dpkg-reconfigure gdm and then select from the list. Substitute kdm or xdm, etc if you have one of those installed instead.

]]> By: britmonkey http://embraceubuntu.com/2006/01/22/booting-in-to-the-command-prompt/#comment-144654 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:34:22 +0000 http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/01/22/booting-in-to-the-command-prompt/#comment-144654 Help please,
I managed to boot to command line using
$echo “false” | sudo tee /etc/X11/default-display-manager
but I cant get back to GUI with
$echo “/usr/bin/gdm” | sudo tee /etc/X11/default-display-manager
I dont appear to have a gdm, kdm kde directory. under user bin
Im using hardy 8.04

]]> By: aside http://embraceubuntu.com/2006/01/22/booting-in-to-the-command-prompt/#comment-143881 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:39:43 +0000 http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/01/22/booting-in-to-the-command-prompt/#comment-143881 thnks

]]> By: Fabian Rodriguez http://embraceubuntu.com/2006/01/22/booting-in-to-the-command-prompt/#comment-31371 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 04:04:21 +0000 http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/01/22/booting-in-to-the-command-prompt/#comment-31371 rcconf also lets you enable or disable kdm or gdm without much room for error.

Supposing you have two x server layouts (one for each monitor), here’s what works for me (part of my /etc/X11/xorg.conf):

Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier “CustomerX”
Screen “FP91G”
InputDevice “Generic Keyboard”
InputDevice “Configured Mouse”
InputDevice “Synaptics Touchpad”
EndSection

Section “ServerFlags”
DefaultServerLayout “OnTheRoad”
EndSection

Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier “OnTheRoad”
Screen “LCD”
InputDevice “Generic Keyboard”
InputDevice “Configured Mouse”
InputDevice “Synaptics Touchpad”
EndSection

Then if I am on the road I just issue a “startx” command. If I am at Customer X, I issue :
startx — – CuxtomerX

]]> By: snow http://embraceubuntu.com/2006/01/22/booting-in-to-the-command-prompt/#comment-4200 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:28:35 +0000 http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/01/22/booting-in-to-the-command-prompt/#comment-4200 I think you mean /usr/sbin/gdm

]]> By: James http://embraceubuntu.com/2006/01/22/booting-in-to-the-command-prompt/#comment-663 Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:52:48 +0000 http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/01/22/booting-in-to-the-command-prompt/#comment-663 This just didn’t sound right to me…
Why can’t you just make a bash script to ask where you are at boot? I mean, I’m not very familier with the Debian/Ubuntu boot process, but it was possible to do that in ArchLinux.

]]> By: Green Data http://embraceubuntu.com/2006/01/22/booting-in-to-the-command-prompt/#comment-649 Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:55:45 +0000 http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/01/22/booting-in-to-the-command-prompt/#comment-649 Here you are an alternative way of doing it
http://gr33ndata.blogspot.com/2006/01/get-out-of-gnome.html

]]> By: Shaun Dewberry http://embraceubuntu.com/2006/01/22/booting-in-to-the-command-prompt/#comment-584 Sun, 22 Jan 2006 20:15:14 +0000 http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/01/22/booting-in-to-the-command-prompt/#comment-584 I found it easier when running multiple monitors to simply mod the xorg.conf layout to have a second screen (on a separate device) in my ServerLayout. If there is no external monitor plugged in, I simply work on the primary laptop monitor, but if an external monitor is plugged in I can load apps in that display too.

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