Re: stopping x from starting automatically
"Kevin M. McLin" wrote:
>
> Hi There,
>
> You can stop xdm from coming on and giving you that little X login window by
> removing xdm from /etc/init.d. I just copy things into a subdirctory
> /etc/init.d/disabled when I don't want them to start up on boot. That way, if
> I ever change my mind, which I often do, I can easily copy them back and get
> things restored.
You can do it that way, but it isn't the proper way. It's generally a
bad idea to mess with files in /etc/init.d because they may be needed in
more than one runlevel.
Leave the files in /etc/init.d alone, and go into /etc/rc2.d and remove
the S**xdm file, which is really a link to /etc/init.d/xdm
Then you can go into /etc/rc3.d and do 'ln -s /etc/init.d/xdm S99xdm'
Once you've done that, you can telinit 3 to start up the graphical X
login, and telinit 2 to go back.
jpb
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