Ray, Thanks for the help so far. I am using RHL7.3 . I dont know if I am using xdm or gdm. The other info I can provide is that I use lilo for boot and KDE for X.
Thanks, Anshuman ----- Original Message ----- From: Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, July 31, 2003 2:15 pm Subject: Re: disabling graphical login > At 01:53 PM 7/31/2003 -0400, Anshuman Singh Rawat wrote: > >Hi, > >I have a graphical login screen and I need to disable it as there > is some > >problem with my X. How does one disable it? > > It depends on how you (your Linux distro, that is) enable(s) it in > the > first place. That varies a bit by distro. The two most common ways > are: > 1. Setting in /etc/inittab a default runlevel that causes xdm (or > maybe > gdm) to start. To disable it this way, change from a runlevel that > starts > xdm (or gdm) to one that does not. Most commonly, that involves > changing > the line in /etc/inittab that reads > > # The default runlevel. > id:5:initdefault: > > to read > > # The default runlevel. > id:2:initdefault: > > 2. Running an init script that starts xdm (or gdm). To disable it > this way, > find the symlink to that script in the default runlevel and remove > it. For > example, my Debian systems use the script /etc/init.d/xdm to start > X and a > default runlevel 2. So I remove (or rename) the symlink > /etc/r2.d/S99xdm . > > BTW, even with a "graphical login screen" running, you probably > have > consoles hidden away. So if the X stuff does not completely trash > your > display, pressing CTRL-ALT-F1 (through -F6, usually) will probably > give you > a text console where you can log in. > > If you need more specific help, in a followup tell us what Linux > distro and > version you are using, which graphical login system you use (xdm > or gdm), > and whatever you know about how your system now starts X. > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux- > newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
