On Feb 24, 2005, at 1:00 AM, Vince Hoang wrote:
On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 06:27:35PM -1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Like I don't want a gui boot up I want to start with a command
line.
Neither do I. `rm /etc/rc?.d/S???dm`
Uh, thats a bit brute-force, don't you think?
You can do this in several "supported" ways that are less likely to
break your system.
• Simply remove gdm, kdm and xdm packages (not the best strategy,
unless you've determined that you won't use them at all)
or
• Delete the one and only line in /etc/X11/default-display-manager
(though this it affects all runlevels)
or the recommended way
• Delete all gdm, kdm and xdm (or just the one mentioned in
/etc/X11/default-display-manager) links in /etc/rc[X].d/ with the
tool called update-rc.d or install the rcconf dpkg (rcconf is like
RedHat/Fedora's sysconfig). Here [X] is your runlevel.
For example: "update-rc.d -f xdm remove" removes xdm from all runleves.
If you want to have xdm enabled on some specific runlevel, then after
removing type "update-rc.d xdm start 99 3 .".
to add an xdm startup link in runlevel 3.
To change the display manager
• In Debian, type "dpkg-reconfigure xdm" and make your choice.
• Or, if you like to do it the old way, edit
/etc/X11/default-display-manager
All that said, I only run debian on the colo boxes, and that only
because its too difficult to change now. The desktop here is gentoo.
Jim
