X Starting automaticlly

Hello Guys, How do I stop X Windows from startign automaticlly aafter rebooting? Should I use a boot disk to get to a promt? Any help would be great. Thanks Jay

Re: X Starting automaticlly

Jay Kelly wrote: Hello Guys, How do I stop X Windows from startign automaticlly aafter rebooting? Should I use a boot disk to get to a promt? Any help would be great. Thanks Jay If you're wanting a permanent fix, uninstall the xdm (or wdm or gdm) package. If you're wanting to simply get to

Re: X Starting automaticlly

I would recommend to use switchdm (certainly as root) Matth On Mon, 15 May 2000, Kent West wrote: Jay Kelly wrote: Hello Guys, How do I stop X Windows from startign automaticlly aafter rebooting? Should I use a boot disk to get to a promt? Any help would be great. Thanks Jay If

Re: X Starting automaticlly

Kent West said: Pretty comprehensive list, but... If you're wanting to shut down xdm after boot, press Ctrl-Alt-F1 and log in as root; then ps ax and kill the PID of the xdm process. There's an easier way to accomplish this one: /etc/init.d/xdm stop -- Two words: Windows survives. -