Re: GDM/text mode login

[Allan Third <allan grelb src gla ac uk>]

Hi,

> In message <199902181142.LAA05201@grelb.src.gla.ac.uk>, Allan Third writes:
> +-----
> | This has been something which has bothered me for ages, long before I heard
> | of Gnome. I've seen some Solaris machines, running CDE, on which xdm offered
> | the choice of a "Command-Line login", which, when selected, appeared to kill
> | the X server, and return to a text-mode login screen, which was valid for
> | one login only, i.e. it seemed to be just another session type, like
> | failsafe, gnome, kde, etc. I've often wondered whether it would be possible
> | to set up xdm on my Linux machine at home to allow this, but I couldn't find
> +--->8
> 
> Solaris doesn't have virtual consoles, so starting the X server blocks the
> text console and suspending it restores the console.  On Linux and most other
> x86 *ixes, starting the X server switches to a different virtual console.
> So you can't get the "different session type" behavior --- but you also don't
> need it, as a text-mode login is an CTRL-ALT-F1 away.

Ah! I didn't know that about Solaris, and, to be honest, although I was
fully aware of the CTRL-ALT-F1/CTRL-ALT-F7 switching, it never *once*
crossed my mind to use it! Ah, well, one day, I hope to have some
common-sense of my very own! :-)

Thanks!

Allan

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