Re: stop machine before fvwm2

["E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)" <tgakem@sg10.chem.tue.nl>]

> 
> Ben Frame wrote:
>   >I need to boot my machine 1 time without loading the 
>   >window manager (fvwm2), is there any way to do this?  A 
>   >key to press during the bootup maybe (like F8 in 
>   >windows)?  
>  
> Presumably you mean `without starting X'? (since fvwm2 is just another
> X program).

[ .. how to do that .. ]

Wouldn't it be nice to have a run-level that doesn't start X by default
in debian?  It is one of the first things I do after installing debian
on a machine.

Eric Meijer

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