Re: stop xwindows from loading at boot

[Pollywog <linux-debian@shadypond.com>]

On Tuesday 22 March 2005 03:07 am, Doug wrote:

> so, you want to setup a runlevel that doesn't load any display manager. 
> (gdm, kdm, xdm...)  so, you'll want to remove the approriate scripts from
> the /etc/rc2.d directory.  Now, as someone else said (see other peoples
> emails below), you can simply delete the scripts, or you can use the
> update-rc.d command ("#man update-rc.d" for more info).  It's not that big
> of a deal if you do it manually, but it's always better to learn how to do
> it using the tools that are designed to manage them.
>
> now, you may still want to use a gui/display manager, just not right off
> boot.  and if such is the case, runlevel 3 is usually also setup by default
> to run the gui.  So at any point, you can enter runlevel 3 by doing: #init
> 3
> and the gui/display manager will load

I had not thought of that option.  That's one the OP might like.

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