"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > In my redhat dealings it was possible to set default to runlevel 5 > > which force boot to bring up X. setting runlevel 3 gave you a console > > login. > > > > Where is this choice made on debian? > > > > runlevels do not affect Debian. We have a different philosohphy than RedHat. > In Debian, any installed package is assumed to have been installed on purpose > by the admin. This means that when you install a package it is ready to run > and in the case of daemons actually running. In Redhat the kitchen sink is > installed and it is your job to enable and disable the items as desired. > > At a command prompt as root do 'dpkg --purge xdm'. This will remove > xdm and let you start X by hand. otherwise, yes, look at > /etc/init.d/xdm and tweak as desired.
Debian as installed doesn't differentiate between runlevels 2-5 but you can certainly set it up to do so. For example I have /etc/inittab set to runlevel 3 by default, which starts up wdm and thus X, and I've set up runlevel 2 to boot without wdm and X. Another common configuration would be to leave out loading of the network at certain run levels. I find this very useful, especially if you've upgraded something like your graphics board or network card. You do need to set this up yourself in Debian. The update-rc.d tool can help here "man update-rc.d". Gary
