Re: Boot to console

["Clinton V. Weiss" <cvweiss@comcast.net>]

Michael Newlin wrote:
> I have installed Sarge/RT-Linux with the Desktop Environment option.  
> However, I need to boot to the console, not the gui.  I have lilo 
> configured to boot to either linux or rtlinux, however both options boot 
> to a gui, and running the terminal limits rtlinux’s capabilities.
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> Any info or direction to this question answered elsewhere would be 
> greatly appreciated.
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> Please respond to newliml@auburn.edu <mailto:newliml@auburn.edu>.  
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> Thanks,
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> Mike
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>  

Depending on which display manager you are running, one or all three of 
these commands will stop the GUI at boottime:

update-rc.d -f xdm remove
update-rc.d -f kdm remove
update-rc.d -f gdm remove

Remember to run these as root or with sudo.

Clinton