RE: [expert] Can't Break X Autostart

[Lane Lester]

Russ Johnson said:

> Read up on how init reads that file. The answer will become clear.
>  
>  I suspect you could put that line back (and make no other changes to your
>  system) and it wouldn't run X on startup... As long as it's truly starting
>  in runlevel 3. This is controlled by the first line in inittab.

Perhaps you haven't been following the whole thread. I've had:
id:3:initdefault:
for a long time without effect. It was not until I commented out:
x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
that I finally was able boot without X automatically starting.
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Lane
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Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
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