This is a problem that I had after an upgrade. The fix is really quite simple. You can either remove the '@S99xdm' link in /etc/rc2.d or you can use 'mv @S99xdm @off99xdm'. Either option works. Debian will then boot into run level 2 at the command line instead of booting into X.
HTH Lonnie On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 12:46:41 +0200 Theo Bierman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 06:52:50PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 01:30:35 +0100 Miquel van Smoorenburg <[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > According to Ron Johnson: > > > > On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 11:48:51 +0000 (UTC) Miquel van Smoorenburg <[EMAIL > > > > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > > > > Theo Bierman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >When starting the machine up my default init level is X and not > > > > > >level 3. > > > > > >I thought perhaps it would be a setting in /etc/inittab however > > > > > >nothing > > > > > >really sheds ligt there.... where should I be looking? > > > > > > > > > > X and runlevels don't have anything to do with eachother in Debian. > > > > > The default runlevel is 2, and all services run in runlevel 2. > > > > > > > > What if you change to "id:3:initdefault:" in /etc/inittab, like > > > > I did? > > > > > > Well then the default would be 3 > > > > Well, duh. Would any harm come? Why does Debian choose rl 2, > > whereas RH-types choose rl 3? > > hi all, thanks for the replies. sorry but i'm still battling. in inittab i > have this: > > # The default runlevel. > id:2:initdefault: > > now i would have thought to, that if you change it to id:3:initdefault then > all is well however Runlevels 2-5 are multi-user (as per inittab) so if 2 > boots straight into X then how will 3 make it boot to "what i thought was > init 3" ie not X. > > > > > > -- > > +------------------------------------------------------------+ > > | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org | > > | | > > ! "Millions of Chinese speak Chinese, and it's not | > > ! hereditary..." | > > ! Dr. Dean Edell ! > > +------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---end quoted text--- > > -- > Theo Bierman > Customer Implementation Team > UUNET S.A., a WorldCom Company > Tel: +27 11 235-6621 > Fax: +27 11 235-6501 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Customer Service Centre: 08600 UUNET / 08600 88638 > http://www.uunet.co.za > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
