Preventing xdm from starting

1999-04-30 Thread Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven
Hi, Since I installed X on my slink dist, xdm starts automaticly when I boot my computer. Normally, this is no problem, but in some circumstances I would like to quit X (ie to rebuild the kernel). My question is: How do I kill xdm, or prevent xdm from starting at boot-time (so I can start X

RE: Preventing xdm from starting

1999-04-30 Thread Krosigk, Lorenz Von
PROTECTED] Enviado el: viernes 30 de abril de 1999 11:51 Para: debian-user@lists.debian.org CC: recipient list not shown; @[EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: Preventing xdm from starting Hi, Since I installed X on my slink dist, xdm starts automaticly when I boot my computer. Normally

Re: Preventing xdm from starting

1999-04-30 Thread Mitch Blevins
In foo.debian-user, you wrote: Hi, Since I installed X on my slink dist, xdm starts automaticly when I boot my computer. Normally, this is no problem, but in some circumstances I would like to quit X (ie to rebuild the kernel). My question is: How do I kill xdm, or prevent xdm from

RE: Preventing xdm from starting

1999-04-30 Thread Alexandre DEVAURE
list not shown Objet : RE: Preventing xdm from starting You can go to a open console with ALT+CONTROL+Fn. Then, if you really want to stop X, you have to go to /etc/init.d/ and execute: $/etc/init.d./xdm stop. If later on you want to restart it execute: $/etc/init.d./xdm start. -Mensaje

Re: Preventing xdm from starting

1999-04-30 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 4/30/99 4:46:11 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Since I installed X on my slink dist, xdm starts automaticly when I boot my computer. Normally, this is no problem, but in some circumstances I would like to quit X (ie to rebuild the kernel). My

Re: [Thanks] Preventing xdm from starting

1999-04-30 Thread Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven
Thanks guys!

Re: Preventing xdm from starting

1999-04-30 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 4/30/99 8:03:30 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, I think there is a better way but I don't have a debian system now so the file names can changed. In the /etc/X11 directory, in a file named config, you have the line xdm- start or start-xdm.

Re: Preventing xdm from starting

1999-04-30 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Alexandre DEVAURE wrote: Well, I think there is a better way but I don't have a debian system = now so the file names can changed. In the /etc/X11 directory, in a file named config, you have the line = xdm-start or start-xdm. Change it in no-xdm-start or = no-start-xdm or comment out it.

Re: Preventing xdm from starting

1999-04-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Apr 30, 1999 at 11:50:43AM +0200, Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven wrote: Since I installed X on my slink dist, xdm starts automaticly when I boot my computer. Normally, this is no problem, but in some circumstances I would like to quit X (ie to rebuild the kernel). My question is: How do