%% "David Z. Maze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: dzm> So X and console login, under Linux, is *not* an either-or case. dzm> Under the default Debian setup, you get console logins on tty1..6, and dzm> X starts (by default) on tty7. This means that you can press dzm> Ctrl+Alt+F1..6 to get six different text logins, even after X is dzm> running.
Just remember this isn't equivalent. For example, if you want to scroll back up through your boot sequence, you can only do that on the first console and _only_ if you've not switched to any other console. Once you switch to another console, XDM or not, all the "history" that has scrolled off of the first tty is gone forever. Also, if your X is sufficiently screwed up (which is an excellent reason for wanting to boot without running XDM), switching consoles with C-A-F... might not work. dzm> (The "approved" way to never ever get an xdm screen, BTW, is to remove dzm> the xdm package. This may or may not be suitable for you. Twiddling dzm> the rc.d links can get pretty much the same effect.) No one said anything about "never" getting an XDM screen. Obviously if you don't want XDM, don't install it (or de-install it). My question was specifically, how to boot the box so that particular boot doesn't start XDM. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Network Management Development "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them.
