Re: How to quit XDM ?
The best way to start or stop xdm (and some other services as well)
is with the help of the scripts found in /etc/init.d
Execute (as root of course :-)
/etc/init.d/xdm stop
to stop a runing xdm (/etc/init.d/xdm start to start the service
again). There are other options as well (restart for example) ...
take a look at the scripts...
If you want to more permanetly disable xdm (and not completely remove
the package in order to be able to run xdm ocasionaly) take a look
at the /etc/inittab (man inittab for more information)
On default debian boots into runlevel 2 which means that the script
/etc/init.d/rc with the parameter 2 is called. The result in short is,
that all scripts in /etc/rc2.d/ are executed.
/etc/rc?.d contains only softlinks to the /etc/init.d. You should find
there a link called S99xdm. Remove it, and your debian system should by
default boot without starting the xdm. If you later prefer too use the
xdm, you only have to set this link again (with
ln -s ../init.d/xmd /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm).
Martin
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