On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> The easiest way I've found to stop X from starting automatically is by
> using linuxconf.
>
> 1. Press Ctrl-Alt-F3 to switch to a different virtual console.
> 2. log in as root.
> 3. Type linuxconf and press enter.
> 4. Use the arrow keys to move down to "boot mode". Under this, there is a
> submenu "mode", and then another submenu under that, "default mode."
> (To open a menu, press enter. A - symbol indicates that it is open, and a
> + indicates that it is collapsed.) Change the default boot mode to text
> mode.
> 5. Select Accept and quit linuxconf, making sure to activate the changes.
> 6. Press Ctrl-Alt-F7 to get back to your X-windows login.
> 7. The next time you reboot, you will have a text prompt rather than the
> X-Windows login.
>
> Alternately, you could run linuxconf from within X-windows, but I don't
> recommend it, as it seems extremely unstable. It nearly always crashes for
> me, which is why I now only use it in text mode.
Or just do the easy thing and edit /etc/inittab
id:3:initdefault:
The above is for slackware, other distros normaly have a list of run levels in
inittab,
issue the command
init q
after editing.
> Jeff Nelson
>
>
> >>I changed a Monitor. When boot up, linux always starts X, I have not
> >>chance to config monitor. My distribution is Mandrake 6.1. Almost the
> >>same as RH.
> >>By the way, what is the best way to config Monitor? Any specical tools
> >>in RH?
> >>
> >>Thanks in advance.
> >>
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Regards Richard
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