Barry Kauler wrote: > > I'm *still* installing my first Debian Linux! > I got X windows running, with default window > manager fvwm, but next time I logged in it > didn't stop at the commandline --- went straight > into graphics mode and gave me a login window > for fvwm. > In Red Hat, this is controlled by /etc/inittab, which > sets the initial runlevel to 3. 5 is required to launch > X. > In Debian, inittab has default runlevel set to 2, so > why is it launching straight into fvwm? > Does anyone know what config file needs to be > changed so I can login to commandline only? > > Also when I exit from fvwm, refuses to exit to > the commandline. I'm back at that darn login > window again. Even <ctrl-alt-backspace> > won't get me out. > > regards, > Barry Kauler >
Several people have recommended uninstalling xdm; I tried that, but I must have done something wrong or something else was set up that kept starting X whenever I'd try to shut it down; finally I found the culprit in /etc/inittab; near the end was a respawn of login.app. I commented out that line and finally got the control I was wanting. Perhaps this info will be of some use to you.
