Andy, Andrew Jenkins wrote:
> Umm, there is no inittab file in my Ubuntu (7.10), that's what I > originally went looking > for. That was how Mandriva did it. Ah! The startup system was changed from the old SysV rc.d system to something else (upstart, I believe). My system has been upgraded all the way from Warty, so the inittab stuff is still there. I guess yours is a new install? >> Alternatively, you could just remove gdm (or kdm) from the starting up >> by using the update-rc.d command. Check the man page for details. >> >> > I'm going to investigate this 'gdm' further as two of you have now > mentioned it. gdm on Ubuntu is what displays the GUI log in screen. If you are using Kubuntu then it is kdm. >> More simply you could just hit Control-Alt-F1 after you've booted to >> switch to a virtual console. >> >> > Yes I know that but it still has to go through all the GUI startup first > and I was hoping > to avoid that. I thought you probably did but figured I would mention it any way! You may also want to check out this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-278725.html Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
