Well, I think there is a better way but I don't have a debian system now so the file names can changed. In the /etc/X11 directory, in a file named config, you have the line "xdm-start" or "start-xdm". Change it in "no-xdm-start" or "no-start-xdm" or comment out it. When the script /etc/init.d/xdm runs, it tests the presence of xdm-start line. If it doesn't find it, it doesn't launch xdm.
Alexandre Devaure ---------- De : Krosigk, Lorenz Von[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date d'envoi : vendredi 30 avril 1999 12:23 A : 'Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven'; debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc : recipient list not shown Objet : RE: Preventing xdm from starting You can go to a open console with ALT+CONTROL+Fn. Then, if you really want to stop X, you have to go to /etc/init.d/ and execute: $/etc/init.d>./xdm stop. If later on you want to restart it execute: $/etc/init.d>./xdm start. > -----Mensaje original----- > De: Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Enviado el: viernes 30 de abril de 1999 11:51 > Para: debian-user@lists.debian.org > CC: recipient list not shown; @[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Asunto: Preventing xdm from starting > > Hi, > > Since I installed X on my slink dist, xdm starts automaticly when I boot > my computer. Normally, this is no problem, but in some circumstances I > would like to quit X (ie to rebuild the kernel). > > My question is: > > How do I kill xdm, or prevent xdm from starting at boot-time (so I can > start X with the startx command)? > > Thanks, > > Robert-Jan > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
