Re: X Starting automaticlly
I would recommend to use
>switchdm
(certainly as root)
Matth
On Mon, 15 May 2000, Kent West wrote:
> Jay Kelly wrote:
>
> > Hello Guys,
> > How do I stop X Windows from startign automaticlly aafter rebooting? Should
> > I use a boot disk to get to a promt? Any help would be great.
> > Thanks
> > Jay
>
> If you're wanting a "permanent" fix, uninstall the xdm (or wdm or gdm) package.
>
> If you're wanting to simply get to a non-X screen, try pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1 or
> Ctrl-Alt-F2.
>
> If you're wanting to shut down xdm after boot, press Ctrl-Alt-F1 and log in as root;
> then "ps ax" and kill the PID of the xdm process.
>
> If you're wanting to turn off xdm (auto start of X) semi-permanently but don't want
> to uninstall xdm, rename the script in /etc/rc2.d that contains the name "xdm",
> putting the word "No" in front of the name or something similar. The "S" scripts
> start on entering the runlevel 2 (Debian's default); by renaming it to something
> other than "S[whatever]", they won't run. Other people might suggest renaming it with
> a "K" instead of a "No", which means the script should be "k"illed instead of
> "s"tarted. For example, my xdm script's name is "S99xdm"; if I wanted to temporarily
> disable it I'd rename it to "NoS99xdm" or "K99xdm".
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