Re: How to disable xdm

[Marshal Wong <masee@usa.net>]

Actually, you should just uninstall the xdm package.

The last time I tried, gdm worked like a charm.  Just installed the
package and the next boot up it used gdm.

Marshal

From: Svante Signell <svante.signell@telia.com>
Subject: How to disable xdm
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 01:43:52 +0100 (CET)

> Howdy,
> 
> When installing Xwindows the default setup is to start X using
> xdm. Obviously initialization was not placed in /etc/inittab, it was
> placed in /etc/rc[2,3,4,5].d/S99xdm and /etc/rc[1,6/K01xdm. If I want
> to start in text mode and move to X by startx, is it sufficient to
> remove the scripts at the corresponding runlevel?  (Runlevel 2?)
> 
> What about using  gdm/kdm instead of xdm?
> 
> svante.signell@telia.com
> 
> 
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