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
Take a look in the directory '/etc/rc2.d' for a file called 'S99xdm'.
This file will be a symbolic link to a file in '/etc/init.d' called 'xdm'.
When your box boots, the file '/etc/inittab' is configured to bring the system
up into runlevel 2. This means that scripts in the rc2.d directory that begin
with a capital S will be started. (Or scripts linked to from there, where the
link begins with a captial S)
Removing the file '/etc/rc2.d/S99xdm' will prevent X from starting up as part
of the boot process, and can be done as follows:
# rm /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm
To put it back the way that it was you will have to recreate the link again:
# cd /etc/rc2.d
# ln -s /etc/init.d/xdm S99xdm
Note that the '#' number sign denotes that you have the root prompt and are
executing these commands as the /superuser/.
Please take a look at your system to make sure of these file names and adjust
them if necessary. I do not have access to a deb box to double check them
right now ;-)
# ls -l /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Oct 12 01:58 /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm -> ../init.d/xdm
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KevinO
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