Debian Questions

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On Sunday 28 July 2002 11:18 am, Robert Bushman wrote:
> No Autorun X / Exit to CLI
> Currently, X starts immediately when I boot the
> machine. If I remove S99gdm from the default
> runlevel, it doens't. This is good, I don't
> want X to run automatically.

Removing S99gdm is more of a hack.  The proper way to control this is to edit 
'/etc/inittab' and change the line reading "id:5:initdefault:" to 
"id:3:initdefault:" (where the 5 and 3 indicate the run levels.

> Probelm is when I drop back to the CLI from
> X, it's not dropping the video back to text
> mode, so I get garbage on the screen.

I had this same problem with my laptop's Trident video card.  I fixed the 
problem by changing from the standard CLI to the vesafb interface.  
Unfortunately, I don't have the instructions for that.  However, if you 
search for "Linux framebuffer" it might point towards a good resource.

> Mapping the Alt Key
> How do I map the Alt keys to send escape
> (or more accurately, how do I get Alt to
> send meta to emacs?)

This is a function of xmodmap (in XFree86, I don't know of the console 
equivalent).  However, this will result in a system-wide change.  Since 
emacs' default meta key is the alt key, then I am guessing that you don't 
want this.

Check your '~/.emacs' (if you have one).  If you don't see any unusual options 
in there, then I can investigate further.  Good luck!

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