Re: stop xwindows from loading at boot

[andras.lorincz@gmail.com]

On Thursday 10 February 2005 10:42, Andreas Rippl wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 04:53:53PM +0000, Tim Cowlishaw wrote:
> > hi all,
> >
> > sorry if this is a dumb / old question,
> > i have just completed a debian install on an old dell laptop, and have
> > succesfully got xWindows / GDE to launch at startup. however... i didn't
> > configure the mouse properly, so everytime i boot into debian, i'm
> > confronted with a desktop i can't use. therefore, i was wondering if
> > there is any way i can get back to the console at boot in anyway? bear
> > in mind i can't just quit gnome, as my mouse doesn't work.
> >
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > tim
>
> Hi Tim,
>
> if you want to disable graphical login in favour of a console one
> permanently, you could have a look at /etc/inittab:
>
> id:5:initdefault:
>
> Change the 5 to 2 and you go directly to the console at bootup.
>
> Hth,
>
> Andreas

Use this:

update-rc.d -f gdm remove

or if you want it back:

update-rc.d gdm defaults