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Sindi Keesan

On Wed, 25 Feb 2009, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> Message from Steven
> ===================
> Sindi wrote:
> > How exactly do you log in as root and start
> > in X and exit without rebooting?.
>
> Edit tty1 line in /etc/inittab:
> --------------------------------
> tty1::respawn:-/bin/sh -c startx
> --------------------------------
> If "respawn" doesn't do what you
> want, try "once".

When I tried this with 'once', I got a message about xterm not being on 
the path.  I symlinked xterm to rxvt, and then I got X but no JWM. What 
might I change to get JWM as well?  I had installed no-xvesa.tgz and 
SVGAlib server, but gone back to Xvesa, so something may have been changed 
that needs unchanging.

I also want to remove 'root' to go back to 'Press Enter'.

> > What do the two shutdown lines mean?
>
> Those are the actions that are performed
> following CTRLALTDEL.  Swap is turned off
> and partitions are unmounted.
> Note the /sbin/reboot on the ctrlaltdel
> line.  That reboots the system.  If you
> prefer that the system shutdown without
> rebooting, change reboot to halt.

Typing halt works, and it should work from the menu.
I put dial, hangup, and exit linux as the first three items.

> For more information on configuring
> /etc/inittab, do:  man init
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>
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