Re: Debian boot without X?

[Jason Chambers <jason.chambers@ntlworld.com>]

Why not disable xdm from running by using rcconf, or removing the xdm 
package if you're not using it for a while.

However shutting down xdm using CTRL-R and then running startx does work 
on my system without any tampering...

Ken Sear wrote:
> If you boot to the xdm login window, don't login but key and hold  ctrl
> then key  r   (those two keys in sequnce)  you will go to the command line
> login, and login.  My machine will not allow me to startx after that, and I
> have to reboot. I havn't figured out how to get it to do that yet.  Maybe
> someone on the list knows.  The Xresources file lists the keystrokes you can
> do at the login window.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob Weir" <rweir@softhome.net>
> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 3:52 AM
> Subject: Re: Debian boot without X?


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Jason Chambers (jason.chambers@ntlworld.com)


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