On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, JS Bangs wrote: >First, I accidentally messed up a line in my XFree86-Config file, causing >my screen to display beautiful swirly lines and scrolling bars instead of >anything else. Since I have a graphical logon, I can't even get to the >console to change this back. How can I force X to quit and return to the >regular command line? Ideally, I'd like this to happen before I even Ctrl+Alt+Backspace should drop you into the console. >login (although I can muddle my way past the logon screen if I must). >Alternately, can I prevent X from booting during startup (under a Debian >system)? Edit the /etc/inittab file. There should be a line with id:5:initdefault: change the 5 to a 3 and then your system will boot to the console and you'll use "startx" to start an X session > >Second, how can I change the font size that X uses to display things like >the logon screen or a file browser? Regardless of which window manager I >use (Enlightenment is my default), I get rediculously large fonts and >button sizes in most windows. I think this is an X thing, because the >fonts that are obviously controlled by Enlightenment (like the titlebars >and pop-up menus) appear in reasonable dimensions. You can set the fonts used by individual application by editing the file $HOME/.Xresources (where $HOME stands for /your/absolue/home/path). See "man X" and look for the section titled "RESOURCES". Towards the bottom of this section there's an example file that you could play with. HTH, Oisin Feeley _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
