RE: Stopping GNOME Launching on Reboot

[Michael Kahle <michael.kahle@scc-wi.com>]

Hi Roland,

On Thursday, March 18, 2004 10:59 AM Roland Dunn wrote:
> Having typed: "update-alternatives --config 
> x-session-manager" and choosen GNOME, GNOME now 
> starts up on reboot. I'd like it not to so that
> I can type "startx" when I want it to go into 
> GNOME. How can I force it not to launch GNOME on 
> reboot?

How about using the following:
update-rc.d -f gdm remove
update-rc.d -f kdm remove
update-rc.d -f xdm remove

This series of commands will remove xdm, kdm and in your case gdm from rc.d.

Michael