Re: runlevels and XF86Setup??

[Xucaen <xucaen@yahoo.com>]

--- Mark Blunier <blunier@ocslink.com> wrote:
> Previously Xucaen (xucaen@yahoo.com):
> 
> > During the last few weeks, there have been
> > discussions about how to keep X from
> > automatically starting upon booting the
> system.
> > Most replys leaned towards disabling xdm in
> the
> > runlevel directory. This does work. However,
> I
> > came upon something strange. Here's what I
> did.
> > 
> > My default runlevel was runlevel 2.
> > 
> > I changed my default runlevel in /etc/inittab
> to
> > runlevel 3.
> > 
> > (note that /etc/rc2.d and /etc/rc3.d have the
> > same symlinks.)
> > 
> > in /etc/rc3.d I canged the symlink of S99xdm
> from
> > ../init.d/xdm to /dev/null
> 
> > 
> > This successfully keeps X from starting
> > automatically when I reboot the system.
> > 
> > The I use startx to start XFree.
> > 
> > Inside X, I try to run XF86Setup and the
> system
> > hangs.
> > 
> > I changed the symlink of S99xdm from
> /dev/null
> > back to ../init.d/xdm
> > 
> > This makes X start automatically when I
> reboot
> > the system.
> > 
> > XF86Setup runs without any problems.
> > 
> > comments? suggestions?
> 
> You have done what people have been suggesting,
> only
> you made it a little more complicated.  rm
> /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm
> would have done it.
> 

but what effect does this have on XF86Setup? and
why? did pointing it to null somehow disable
XF86Setup?
I confused.

xucaen
> Mark Blunier


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