Re: Avoiding xdm
Go to the /etc/rcS directory that corresponds to the
run level listed during boot. Rename the file with
xdm in its name to something else. This will disable
xdm at boot.
--- David Z Maze <dmaze@debian.org> wrote:
> Patrick Wiseman <pwiseman@mindspring.com> writes:
> > I guess since I upgraded to X4, xdm starts
> automatically. I don't want
> > it, so what's the _best_ way to get rid of it? I
> could just remove the
> > S99xdm symbolic link from each of the rcx.d
> (x=2-5) directories (or maybe
> > just from rc2.d, which represents the default
> runlevel), but somehow I
> > don't think that's a permanent solution.
>
> That actually is a permanent solution (update-rc.d
> will create links
> on upgrade if there are no links in any of the rcX.d
> directories, but
> you can leave the stop links in runlevels 0, 1, and
> 6 and be fine).
> The other is to just remove the xdm package. (This
> might cause an
> empty X meta-package to be removed, but that's not a
> big deal.)
>
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