Re: console messages flit by too fast

[Geordie Birch <geordie@tao.ca>]

said Dan Jacobson (on 2003-01-07),

> <most likely if your booting directly into X the console log will be
> <lost when X loads(at least if your using a display manager). Disable
> <X from loading on boot and you can scroll back a certain amount(usually
>
> I will try chmod -x /etc/init.d/xdm
> which will only stop X, not like init 1, which stops too much...
> no, indeed it turns out I don't know how to stop X from staring on
> debian.  I can't figure it out.  If I say 'single' at the boot prompt
> that will cause too much not to be started ... i only want X not to start.

To stop X from starting automatically just remove (or rename) the symlink
in /etc/rc2.d/ that refers to your display manager (xdm, gdm, kdm, etc.)

Geordie.