Re: Boot Debian to a command line and prevent X from starting on boot
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:25:36 -0400, Robert Menes (viewtiful.icchan@gmail.com) wrote:
> Hi folks, I have a Debian lenny-stable install that I need a little
> memory refresher with.
>
> I need to boot and go straight to a terminal, and not start X on
> bootup. I know there was a
> way of doing so, but I forgot (I'm a little rusty and need to not be rusty).
>
> Can someone tell me how to just boot and land on the command line,
> bypassing X? Thanks!
I do this by not having xdm, gdm or kdm installed and starting X with
"startx" when required.
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