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
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