nope doesnt disable X just prevents it from starting automatically as part of the INIT process of linux.
read the article http://www.egroups.com/files/newbieDoc/runlevels-intro.html mentioned on this list earlier today for more info. so startx should work fine (if you have setup your config files properly) cheers, david ps i dont know why my last posting appeared twice... is this my fault or a problem with list server???? -----Original Message----- From: Xucaen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 January 2001 17:25 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: X in startup does this disable X? what if you still want to run X from the command line using startx? (i'm asking because I don't have X installed right now, but will in a few weeks..) thanks!! xucaen --- David Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > after booting up press <ctrl><alt> F1 to go > into a console terminal. > > logon as root. > > cd /etc/rc2.d > > rm S??xdm # or just move it, if you dont want > to delete it.... > > shutdown -r now > > worked for me this morning, anyway. > > > > > david > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Schuetz > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 03 January 2001 15:11 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: X-windows in startup > > > I had unsuccessfully configured X, set it aside > for a day. Rebooted the > machine, only to have X start automatically. > Problem is, X isn't working > beyond letting me enter username/password. > > C-ALT-D only gets me back to the initial GUI > login! IS there a way to escape > out of this during the boot process? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? > Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
