*- On 6 Aug, Guilherme Soares Zahn wrote about "Re: stop bringing up X window when Linux booting" >> dpkg --purge xdm >> >> works for my 2.1 system. Then you must kill -9 pid_for_xdm. > > Hmmm... I was thinking of a workaround that *may* work fine... what if you > just remove the > ¨xdm¨ script from the /etc/init.d folder (and the links in the /etc/rc.# > folders, also)? > This should do the trick *without* the need to completely remove xdm form you > system (you > may want it back someday) AND without bringing up any problem with broken > dependencies... >
Just remove the links in /etc/rc*.d with the correct Debian tools/method of, update-rc.d xdm remove If you remove the actuall script you might cause problems when you actually remove the package and it tries to look for the missing script. -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------
