--- Mark Blunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Previously Xucaen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > During the last few weeks, there have been > > discussions about how to keep X from > > automatically starting upon booting the > system. > > Most replys leaned towards disabling xdm in > the > > runlevel directory. This does work. However, > I > > came upon something strange. Here's what I > did. > > > > My default runlevel was runlevel 2. > > > > I changed my default runlevel in /etc/inittab > to > > runlevel 3. > > > > (note that /etc/rc2.d and /etc/rc3.d have the > > same symlinks.) > > > > in /etc/rc3.d I canged the symlink of S99xdm > from > > ../init.d/xdm to /dev/null > > > > > This successfully keeps X from starting > > automatically when I reboot the system. > > > > The I use startx to start XFree. > > > > Inside X, I try to run XF86Setup and the > system > > hangs. > > > > I changed the symlink of S99xdm from > /dev/null > > back to ../init.d/xdm > > > > This makes X start automatically when I > reboot > > the system. > > > > XF86Setup runs without any problems. > > > > comments? suggestions? > > You have done what people have been suggesting, > only > you made it a little more complicated. rm > /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm > would have done it. >
but what effect does this have on XF86Setup? and why? did pointing it to null somehow disable XF86Setup? I confused. xucaen > Mark Blunier __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/
