I would recommend to use >switchdm (certainly as root) Matth
On Mon, 15 May 2000, Kent West wrote: > Jay Kelly wrote: > > > Hello Guys, > > How do I stop X Windows from startign automaticlly aafter rebooting? Should > > I use a boot disk to get to a promt? Any help would be great. > > Thanks > > Jay > > If you're wanting a "permanent" fix, uninstall the xdm (or wdm or gdm) > package. > > If you're wanting to simply get to a non-X screen, try pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1 or > Ctrl-Alt-F2. > > If you're wanting to shut down xdm after boot, press Ctrl-Alt-F1 and log in > as root; > then "ps ax" and kill the PID of the xdm process. > > If you're wanting to turn off xdm (auto start of X) semi-permanently but > don't want > to uninstall xdm, rename the script in /etc/rc2.d that contains the name > "xdm", > putting the word "No" in front of the name or something similar. The "S" > scripts > start on entering the runlevel 2 (Debian's default); by renaming it to > something > other than "S[whatever]", they won't run. Other people might suggest renaming > it with > a "K" instead of a "No", which means the script should be "k"illed instead of > "s"tarted. For example, my xdm script's name is "S99xdm"; if I wanted to > temporarily > disable it I'd rename it to "NoS99xdm" or "K99xdm".
