To stop it, you can either uninstall kdm (apt-get remove kdm) or manually delete the link in /etc/rc2.d/. Since it seems like you won't ever want it to boot to X (the only function of *dm on a workstation machine) you should probably just remove the package. However, I'm curious as to whether or not that worked (i.e., did it actually start kde when you logged on?) If it did, that points to a problem with you startx routine (type, whatnot). If it didn't, something is seriously wrong with your install and we get to dig deeper :-)
HTH, D.A.Bishop On Tuesday 20 March 2001 16:15, Whit wrote: > On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 11:59:47AM -0700, David Bishop wrote: > > If you install kdm, but haven't rebooted, you need to run /etc/init.d/kdm > > start as root. You will then see the login window he was referring to. > > Otherwise, just reboot the machine. > > Yeah, I just discovered that on the next boot. Please tell me how to undo > it! I don't want the system to come up in a GUI - guess I should have been > clear that what I'm trying to do is get startx or the equivalent to work > from a bash tty. I often don't work in a GUI, and don't want to waste time > going in to one just to go back out. > > I'm also curious why the reinstall of kdm set it this way, when the initial > one didn't - guess that script modified the install enough to keep this > often-undesirable result from happening? > > Thanks again, > Whit > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
