Re: Runlevels 2-5 ???, xdm-gdm conflicts.
On 08/06/00 at 14:02 Mark spake the following magic words:
++>Hello All.
++>
++>Sorry to overload this message but I have a few doubts with my (shiny)
new
++>installed Debian (potato).
++>
++>1. Runlevels. ?
++> Everywhere I read about runlevels in Debian it says the same...
++>
++> runlevels 2 through 5 are various multiuser runlevels.
++>
++> But... which are which ?.
++>
++>2. Default runlevel ?
++> I latley installed Debian and I dont now why it starts in X (with
xdm
++>asking for a login), I did not ask to do this.
++> I go to the /etc/inittab file and the default runlevel is 2. Is it
here
++>where my debian is deciding to start in X, or is it elsewhere?.
The default run-level in debian is 2. When the system enters a run level it
executes the scripts in /etc/rc.n where n is the runlevel in question.
These scripts are symlinks to scripts in /etc/init.d. A script starting
with "S" starts a service. One starting with "K" stops a service. The
number after the "S" or "K" specifies the order in which the scripts are
run. So... S25xdm will start before S35xdm.
You should have a script called S99xdm (where 99 could be any number) in
/etc/rc.2 - simply remove this symlink, and X will stop running at boot.
(wow - thats my first proper answer where I almost sound like I know what
I'm on about - which I don't!)
--
Mark Herrick - Liverpool - England
mark at blacksky dot co dot uk
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