Re: Boot Debian to a command line and prevent X from starting on boot

[Harry Rickards <hrickards@l33tmyst.com>]

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Robert Menes wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Bob Cox <debian-user@lists.bobcox.com> wrote:
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>> I do this by not having xdm, gdm or kdm installed and starting X with
>> "startx" when required.
> 
> So how can I disable gdm so it doesn't start automatically?
> 
> --Rob

Try installing the sysv-rc-config tool (with apt-get install
sysv-rc-config or aptitude install sysv-rc-config), and run
sysv-rc-config as superuser (root.). If you're using gdm as you're login
manager, remove it from your default runlevel (who -r), or if you're
using a different login manager remove the appropriate entry.

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Many thanks
Harry Rickards (a.k.a l33tmyst)

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