On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 08:01:37PM +0100, Peter Whysall wrote: > 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. That's redhat. This is debian. > 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. As others have posted, just remove xdm (or gdm or kdm). If for some reason you want to keep xdm around but not have it start at boot time, remove all the S*xdm links in the /etc/rc?.d directories. Cheers, -- Nathan Norman - Micromuse Ltd. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com Gil-galad was an Elven-king. | The Fellowship Of him the harpers sadly sing: | of the last whose realm was fair and free | the Ring between the Mountains and the Sea. | J.R.R. Tolkien
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