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Re: disable xdm



On Mon, 2002-04-01 at 19:44, Phil wrote:
> how can I disable xdm and boot into terminal mode.  I prefer to use startx.

The preferred method for this is to set initdefault to 3.

Look in /etc/inittab for this line: 

id:5:initdefault:

Change the 5 to a 3.

As root, you can change runlevel to 3 by issuing "telinit 3".

If xdm still starts, check /etc/rc3.d for an xdm entry, and remove it if
present.

Regards

Peter.
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Peter Whysall
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Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 sid -- kernel 2.4.18

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