Indeed ... that sure will work. Uninstalling will
remove everything. As a matter of fact AFAIK the
post-removal script of packages call update-rc.d!
Since the package itself is not the offender, it
does not seem necessary to remove the package. If
xdm/ gdm (whatever) needs to be reactivated, only
the startup links need re-insertion. To re-insert
package foobar links, all that needs to be done
is:
#update-rc.d foobar defaults
Afterall, update-rc.d is a debian-only tool, and
IMHO is pretty nifty, and helpful. Saves a lot
of de-installation/ re-installation cycles.
Just my personal views though.
USM Bish
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 10:02:03AM -0800, Robin Rowe wrote:
> If you prefer a simpler method simply use dselect to uninstall xdm or
> whatever X login you are using. When you come up in a console mode
> launch X using startx.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Robin
>
> > 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
> > >
> >
> >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
> >
> >You will boot into tty mode therafter, and would have to
> >use "startx" subsequently to get into "X".
> >
> >USM Bish
> >
