Or just uninstall [gkxw]dm. Note that this isn't an oversight or mistake, it's just a choice. Debian maintainers decided that they would let the system administrator have full reign over the runlevels and not apply any meaning to them (for levels 2-5, obviously).
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 at 13:42 -0600, Louis Zirkel wrote: > Stephen Ward wrote: > >First Time Debian User Seeking Answers... > > > >In other distros, I seem to recall that if I change a certain value on > >a certain line in /etc/inittab from a 5 to a 3, that sets my default > >runlevel to 3, which has the most noticeable effect of not launching > >the X server by default at bootup. > > > >Well, I just installed debian and noticed that boots to a graphical > >login, of which I am not a big fan. So I decided to muck with > >/etc/inittab and noticed two things: 1) The runlevel value in there is > >2 (what does that mean?), and 2) changing that value seems to have no > >effect. > > > >Your thoughts? > > Under Debian the runlevel isn't used to handle the graphical login > functionality. It really comes down to whether xdm/gdm/kdm is being > loaded. You can stop this behavior by removing them from the boot sequence > using update-rc.d like this: > > update-rc.d -f gdm remove > > replacing gdm for whichever of the three is being loaded. That should > hopefully fix your problem. > > -- > Louis Zirkel III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > SysAdmin/DBA -- Century Development Solutions > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > -- Hans Fugal ; http://hans.fugal.net There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself. -- Johann Sebastian Bach
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