In a message dated 4/30/99 4:46:11 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> 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)? > To stop xdm, execute: /etc/init.d/xdm stop There are numerous ways to prevent xdm from starting - but I'd rather not name them here (again) as they are surely in the mail archives. -Jay