Re: Install/Config q's

[Walter Tautz <wtautz@math.uwaterloo.ca>]

> 
> > When I looked at the inittab file, it had a comment saying that
> > runlevels 2-5 are mutlti-user.  Ok, but not enough information.  I
> > have been using RH for 2 years, and it has runlevel 5 for X and 3 for
> > full multi-user.  Does Debian use the same runlevels?  I know some
> > distros use different nubers than RH.  (The inittab should explicitly
> > list each runlevel)
> 
> Yeah that one confused me for a second too since I came from RPM based 
> distros.  As David noted, just look through /etc/init.d and 
> /etc/rc?.d/.  If you wanted to make runlevel three a console mode, just 
> change the S??xdm (or gdm or whatever login manager you use) to a 
> K??xdm or just remove the link.
> 
Actually you should read the man page for update-rc.d
this is a program that manages theses links for you in an smart way, i.e.
it will insure that the services are added in the right order should you
want to add them again after removing them. I believe the program is similar
to chkconfig on rh?

-walter