> > In a message dated 3/1/99 9:34:38 PM Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Because in slink xdm (and other login managers) are in their own > > packages. So if you don't want xdm, The Right Thing To Do (TM) is > > either to remove the xdm package if you don't want to use xdm at all, > > or if you only want it to serve remote displays, edit > > /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers appropriately. > > > > That makes sense. But what if I only want to disable xdm temporarily - for > example, while I'm testing my new video card, or new monitor?
You could make a run-level that does stop xdm (or does not start it). E.g., go to /etc/rc5.d, then mv S99xdm K01xdm Then if you start linux and add `5' to the command line of loadlin, or give it as an argument to the kernel with LILO (dunno how, didn't use it for a long time), xdm will not start. If you are already running, you can type telinit 5 to go to run-level 5 and stop xdm. Then do what you have to do and return to run-level 2 (the default) with telinit 2 I keep wondering why there is no run-level in debian that doesn't start xdm by default. It makes life much easier if you have to reconfigure/debug X for some reason. HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054
