thanks. Alt+ctrl+f1 got me back to text mode but I think the default runlevel is already 2. I think the reason I choose a pre-selected option like standard system is that coming from Slackware, the last time I played with Debian, I didn't know what I needed to install half the time and thought I might be able to save some time. Now I have to look at inittab again, but I'm fairly sure it said 2. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 10:12 PM Subject: Re: New Debian installation and confused. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Sounds like you might be in x. What I would do is ctrl+alt+f1, login > as root including your root password, run telinit 2, and then once > you're back in text mode, change the default run level to 2 in > /etc/inittab. I don't know if you're in fact in x, and I haven't tried > this, so it may not work. > > I find it interesting that you were able to login after choosing the > standard install. When I did that while installing debian on a virtual > machine about a week ago, choosing standard install happily got rid of > the speakup kernel already installed in the system during the kernel > selection stage, and didn't replace it with another one. Also, as far > as I could tell, you don't get x/gnome/whatever in the standard > install, but you do get them in the desktop install. So, you might not > be in x at all, though it sounds like you are, or you mistakenly chose > desktop install when you meant to choose standard. > > I personally found when putting debian on my vm, that the best thing > that worked out for me was to not choose an install, just leaving the > minimal set of packages, and install what I needed after reboot by > hand, which of course brings in any needed dependencies as well. Hth. > > Greg > > > On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 09:02:24PM -0400, Dan Murphy wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dan Murphy" <mweeby at verizon.net> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 8:46 PM > > Subject: New Debian installation and confused. > > > > > > > Hello listers. > > > I recently downloaded the latest netinst iso from > > people.debian.org/shane > > > and after getting through the install, on my first boot, I think it puts > > > me into some graphical thing. > > > Speakup only says "blank", and it just beeps when I press enter. > > > How do I get back to a text console, and is there any info on the CD > > > describing how I should have done this differently. I chose "standard > > > system" when I installed software. Perhaps I should have used another > > > choice. > > > Help is appreciated. > > > thanks. > > > > > > dan Murphy <mweeby at verizon.net> > > > Skype ID: danmint > > > AIM:mweeby2000 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFGmtP37s9z/XlyUyARAnozAKCLHxaW5rItwRtUiTnmnZHI+gN2iACeKIAT > PgOM9swy9Nnt7pZjKiXwEnQ= > =N6yB > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
