Re: xdm init level question

["Paul D. Smith" <pausmith@nortelnetworks.com>]

%% "David Z. Maze" <dmaze@mit.edu> writes:

  dzm> So X and console login, under Linux, is *not* an either-or case.
  dzm> Under the default Debian setup, you get console logins on tty1..6, and 
  dzm> X starts (by default) on tty7.  This means that you can press
  dzm> Ctrl+Alt+F1..6 to get six different text logins, even after X is
  dzm> running.

Just remember this isn't equivalent.

For example, if you want to scroll back up through your boot sequence,
you can only do that on the first console and _only_ if you've not
switched to any other console.  Once you switch to another console, XDM
or not, all the "history" that has scrolled off of the first tty is gone
forever.

Also, if your X is sufficiently screwed up (which is an excellent reason
for wanting to boot without running XDM), switching consoles with
C-A-F... might not work.

  dzm> (The "approved" way to never ever get an xdm screen, BTW, is to remove 
  dzm> the xdm package.  This may or may not be suitable for you.  Twiddling
  dzm> the rc.d links can get pretty much the same effect.)

No one said anything about "never" getting an XDM screen.  Obviously if
you don't want XDM, don't install it (or de-install it).  My question
was specifically, how to boot the box so that particular boot doesn't
start XDM.

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