On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 08:58:34AM -0500, seg wrote: > > I know I could probably find this info in HOWTOs or whatnots, but I am > pretty it's quite simple and one of you nice fellows won't mind spending a > few lines of text to explain:) I basicly want to boot up in the DOS like > "interface", no fancy stuff (just running firewall). Thx > ---end quoted text---
In Debian if "X" is installed, by default, boots into "xdm" "gdm" etc. depending upon your window manager installation. To avoid this, use [update-rc.d] program, meant for chang- ing init parameters in Sys-V init process. Read man for this. #update-rc.d -f xdm remove The things that are done by the script include removal of all system startup links for /etc/init.d/xdm ... i.e. /etc/rc0.d/K01xdm /etc/rc1.d/K01xdm /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm /etc/rc3.d/S99xdm /etc/rc4.d/S99xdm /etc/rc5.d/S99xdm /etc/rc6.d/K01xdm You will boot into tty mode therafter, and would have to use "startx" subsequently to get into "X". USM Bish