There's a few different methods:1) remove the gdm package if you won't use it at all. - apt-get remove gdm I believe 2) Remove the link from the /etc/rcX.d directory that starts gdm, where X is your default runlevel (likely 5) 3) Change your default runlevel in /etc/inittab to a level that doesn't start X (try 2)
levels 2-5 are the multi-user runlevels. 2 is usually bare bones console access, which is probably what you want, and 5 is usually full-fledged boot everything and the kitchen sink, including g/k/xdm.
NOEL BALANSAG wrote:
hi all. im just a newbie, both to unix and linux. i installed gdm, and now, when debian boots, it bootsin graphical mode.how do i set it so i can make it boot on text mode? i want to start x windows via startx, not whenever i boot. tia. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/
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