> In a message dated 3/14/00 4:14:08 PM Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> Debian doesn't use runlevels to control whether X starts or not. (Given >> that this message is being distributed by the debian-laptop list and Ben >> specifically stated that it was a fresh Debian install, I doubt that he's >> running Red Hat...) > > I believe a more accurate statement would be that Debian doesn't use the same > run levels as RedHat when determining whether or not to start X up at boot > time. Please correct me if I'm wrong (I don't have my Debian machine in > front of me at the moment) but a runlevel of 1 (and possibly 2?) will not > start X. > > -Jay
Correct to my knowledge; 2 doesn't, it's the rough equivalent of redhat's 3. What he should have said was, "Debian doesn't use *inittab* to control whether X starts or not. ..." Which redhat does. Look for something like S99kdm in your /etc/rc5.d/ directory. My fave thing to do is create a subdir in each runlevel branch named "disabled" - it doesn't start with S or K, it's self documenting, and it's a nice place to move the precious symlink while you ffigure out what sort of whanging you need to do on X to make it behave itself. And much less drastic than purging xdm, kdm or whichever xdmcp software you were going to use. * Heather
