I want to start with no GUI

Forum: HD Install
Topic: I want to start with no GUI
started by: DrWhom

Posted by DrWhom on July 11 2005,03:20

I installed DSL on a P90 24mb laptop. The GUI is very slow. How do I start Linux to command line?

Dr Whom

Posted by adssse on July 11 2005,03:47

I believe that you would use the boot code "dsl 2"

Posted by goodmonkey on July 11 2005,16:12

For a harddrive install, comment out this line in .bash_profile in your home directory.

Code Sample

if [ -z "$SSH" ]; then startx; fi

Now when that user logs in X will not start, giving you only command line. Then if you need the gui, just type "startx". This might not be the best way but it works for now.

I'm still trying to figure out how to change settings for startup. I'm a Gentoo user, but have downloaded and installed DSL becasue I'm currently deployed and don't have a great internet connection, and can't connect my laptop to it. Trying to dowload puppy now to see if that works better for me. Lack of a compiller and settings resetting at each boot is really getting to me.

Posted by ke4nt1 on July 11 2005,16:22

Compiler?
There is tcc in DSL, and downloadable extensions
called gcc.dsl and kernelsources.dsl in the DSL repository...

Settings?
Are you backing up your settings prior to shutdown?
Did you add everything you wanted to save to your
/home/dsl/filetool.lst?

Let us know if you have a more challenging install situation.

73
ke4nt

Posted by cbagger01 on July 11 2005,16:30

It is a good idea to create a swap partition or a swap file with only 24MB of RAM.

It is also a good idea to try a poorman's install because the cd is slow compared to the hard drive.

booting with the command:

failsafe

NOT

dsl failsafe

should speed up the gui a little bit. I would use dillo but not firefox because firefox is too slow for that computer. If you need a full featured browser, try the opera.uci Opera 6 extension in the UCI section of the myDSL repository.

However, if you want to try command line only with a minimum of RAM used, see this post:

< http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....unlevel >

Posted by goodmonkey on July 11 2005,16:48

Thanks ke4nt1, I'm used to using gcc with the "make" command, so I'll have to try reading up on tcc. The documentation doesn't seem too clear to me, so I'm still trying to get my settings to save. I did finally get fstab to save, but my partitions are not automounting at startup like they should. Oh well. I was just really needing a system to play with while working on my lpi certification, and it's providing just that for now.