Re: Unidentified subject!

[Stephen Hardman <hardguy@it.net.au>]

> > > Change the default runlevel in /etc/inittab to 3 (big fat comment in
> > > inittab directs you to the right spot).
> > 
> > I did that but no changes. X still starts directly att boot.
> 
> Argh. RedHat induced brain rot indeed. Remove the S99xdm symlink in
> /etc/rc3.d (or /etc/rc<your default runlevel>.d). You can still start X by
> changing to runlevel 5 if you leave the symlink in rc5.d.
> 

/usr/share/doc/xdm/README.Debian

I hate saying rtfm to all of you :)

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If one does not wish to run a local X server at all, the following line should
be commented out of /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers:

:0 local /usr/bin/X11/X vt7
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Isn't it severe overkill to base your runlevels on whether you want
to run X or not? :)

You can just uncomment the above line when you want X and then
run /etc/init.d/xdm restart...

Either way you could let it load every time anyway, switch to a
console and run /etc/init.d/xdm stop (or just leave it running but
keep using the console).