On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 21:44:18 -0700 (PDT) EasyStreet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Starting Gnome Display Manager. gdm. > Not Starting the K Desktop Manager (kdm); it is > not the default display manager. > Not starting the X Display Manager (xdm); it is > not the default display manager. > > Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 debian tty1 > > debian login: > --------------------------------------- > > how do I change the startup settings so that the > GUI desktop does not automatically start? This may be the Wrong Way, but assuming your default runlevel is 2 like mine is, I would do rm /etc/rc2.d/S[0-9][0-9]gdm as root. This is reversible, as a copy of the file should still be in /etc/rcS.d. Maybe you should also delete the kdm and xdm things from /etc/rc2.d as well. Rupert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

