Thanks Larry I have two off comming up and I will see what I can do to make that happen. Brian On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: > Possible solution below (only this comment top posted). > > > On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: > >> Perhaps I am way off base here but why are you expecting runlevel 3 to not >> run X? Yes, that was the SysVinit definition, but has not been used in >> debian or ubuntu in a long time: >> >> http://www.debianadmin.com/debian-and-ubuntu-linux-run-levels.html >> >> I think I read that Fedora, RedHat had started using upstart but I don't >> know whether they kept the runlevel definintions they used previously like >> in RH9: >> >> >> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/ref-guide/s1-boot-init-shutdown-sysv.html >> >> The confusion in usage of runlevels by different systems is made much >> clearer in this wikiperia article: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runlevel >> >> So again, I may be off base here, but it seems to me there is no way in >> ubuntu 9.04 to do what you want without editing some of the services out of >> some runlevel (2-5) before tryiing to enter it and expecting X not to run. >> IOW, runlevel 2-5 are all the same un debian/ubuntu UNLESS you change their >> definition first. >> >> Hmmm, I just realized that for their server edition, they probably have >> done so already. I don't have ne installed to look at. >> >> -- >> Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry >> > > Take a look at the following but read down a ways to find the solution that > did work for someone: > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/78408/how-do-i-change-default-runlevel-in-ubuntu > > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >