Re: Prevent X Windows Starting up
"captain kierkegaard" <ltyphair@perdido.mine.nu> writes:
> use the update-rc.d command, to stop the display managers from
> starting, i used the following command:
> # update-rc.d -f ?dm remove stop 1 2 3 4 5 6
> where the question mark is g, k, or x depending on which is starting
> at boot.
This is a bad idea; the next time the display manager package gets
updated (say, for a security fix), update-rc.d will see a lack of
symlinks for the service and conclude that it's never been installed,
and handily start it for you. The /etc/rc?.d symlinks are definitely
user-configurable; removing the appropriate start symlinks from
/etc/rc2.d, etc. is a better idea. Or, if you don't want to use a
display manager at all, just remove the package.
(And since nobody else has suggested it, it might be possible to get
into the machine remotely, too, maybe with ssh. A serial console is
useful for this sort of problem too, but requires some advance setup,
and the world contains comparatively few dumb terminals these days. :-)
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