Re: Changing default runlevels

Am 2005-11-15 13:31:00, schrieb Scott: > I've gathered Debian starts in run level 2 and from there X is started. > > How do I change the setting so that when I log in I don't go any further > than a shell and if I want ex I just type "startx" and enter? apt-get --pruge remove kdm | gdm |wdm | xd

Re: Changing default runlevels

Kent West wrote: > Or edit the actual script /etc/init.d/?dm and put "exit 0" as the first > non-comment line in the file, which is one of my favorite methods of > quickly disabling a script. > Thanks. I took your suggestion and it worked perfectly. -- Scott www.angrykeyboarder.com © 2005 ang

Re: Changing default runlevels

Scott Denlinger wrote: > > Quoting Mitch Wiedemann [and others] > >>> >>> As a general rule, if you don't want X to start automatically on >>> boot-up, you can either disable, or uninstall, the relevant login >>> manager (xdm, kdm, gdm, or wdm). >>> >> Or, instead of removing the display manager

Re: Changing default runlevels

Debian has a nice way to do this without worrying about symlinks. It's update-rc.d This is a very versatile utility to administer what gets stopped and started in the various run levels. The man page for this command will get you started. Scott Denlinger Quoting Mitch Wiedemann [and others]

Re: Changing default runlevels

Mitch Wiedemann wrote: Kent West wrote: Scott wrote: I've gathered Debian starts in run level 2 and from there X is started. How do I change the setting so that when I log in I don't go any further than a shell and if I want ex I just type "startx" and enter? I don't know why but

Re: Changing default runlevels

Kent West wrote: > Scott wrote: > >> I've gathered Debian starts in run level 2 and from there X is started. >> >> How do I change the setting so that when I log in I don't go any further >> than a shell and if I want ex I just type "startx" and enter? >> >> I don't know why but Debian seems to b

Re: Changing default runlevels

Scott wrote: I've gathered Debian starts in run level 2 and from there X is started. How do I change the setting so that when I log in I don't go any further than a shell and if I want ex I just type "startx" and enter? I don't know why but Debian seems to be more cryptic when it comes to thi

Changing default runlevels

I've gathered Debian starts in run level 2 and from there X is started. How do I change the setting so that when I log in I don't go any further than a shell and if I want ex I just type "startx" and enter? I don't know why but Debian seems to be more cryptic when it comes to this and it's run l