Re: XDM Configuration Problems

["Eric G . Miller" <egm2@jps.net>]

On Sun, May 07, 2000 at 11:15:07AM +0100, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> I am trying to edit the xdm configuration files so that I don't boot
> into a graphical login. It's probably very easy but since this is the
> first time doing this I don't want to experiment too much in case I do
> serious damage!!

As root:
$ update-rc.d -f xdm remove
$ ln -s /etc/init.d/xdm /etc/rc6.d/K20xdm #need at least one link

Whether or not a particular service/daemon runs in a particular runlevel
is controlled by the symbolic links from /etc/rc?.d/<[S|K][NN]package> 
to /etc/init.d/<package>.  See /usr/doc/sysvinit/README.runlevels.gz, 
man update-rc.d.

Alternatively, you could just remove xdm (apt-get remove xdm). Remember,
you can switch from the X Virtual Terminal to a Console with
Ctrl-Alt-F[1..6]. xdm usually runs on VT 7, but others like gdm might be
running on VT 8.

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