Almost forgot: there is also an official command for doing this stuff in Debian: update-rc.d. Read the man page on update-rc.d and you should be able to set things the way you like.
a Andrew Sharp wrote: > > This is quite old. I don't think even Redhat does it from inittab > anymore. It's done from /etc/init.d/[xw]dm these days. It's all > part of the default run level and what gets started and run for that > level. Somewhere there must be a howto on /etc/init.d and > /etc/rc[0-6S].d directories. Read them. Read the howto's on X as > well. Or remove the xdm package, or just disable it by removing the > links to /etc/init.d/xdm from /etc/rc[23].d > > The single user argument is "-s". I think what the person who said > this meant was to boot to single user mode, then do whatever it is > you're going to do, like remove the xdm package. That way X won't > be making you annoyed before you can take care of it. > > Hope this crash course is of some use. > > a > > Michael Hallquist wrote: > > > > > In the meantime I could use a way to tell Linux not to start X Windows > > > by > > > default. Is there something I can put into the Kernel Argument pane in > > > BootX > > > that will accomplish this? > > > Thanks > > > > Starting X Windows by default is not, to my knowledge, determined > > by kernel arguments. Also, adding single to your arguments will start > > the machine in single user mode, which is most likely not what you > > want. It sounds to me like you have a line in your inittab that is > > respawning the xdm process. Look in /etc/inittab for a line resembling: > > > > x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon > > > > Comment this line out. > > > > (That line's from Redhat 6.2 i386, so it will likely be different in the > > Debian files, but I don't seem to have the line in mine) > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
