On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, MCR wrote:

> 
> I have recently installed Debian on a box that I am
> using as a server.  I would rather not have X start
> every time I restart the server.  I would perfer to
> manually started as it is needed.  However, I do not
> recall how to configure it so it does not start up.  I
> would like to have the command line login, rather than
> graphical.  Could someone be so kind as to remind me
> how to go about this?
> 
>                          mike
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this is easy to fix.  Open up your /etc/inittab file with your favorite 
editor.  Find the line (usually near the begining) that looks like this:

id:3:initdefault:

Note the number.  3 (at least in RH) denotes multiuser mode.  If I wanted 
to make it come up in graphical mode (X), I would change that number to 5.  
In your case, it is already 5 (assuming debian uses the same numbering 
scheme).  Change this to 3 and save the changes.  Upon next reboot, the 
box will come up in multiuser mode but not in graphical mode.

scott