On Thursday 08 November 2001 11:48 pm, 57j wrote: > I just installed Debian and made the mistake of turning on the Xwindows GUI > login. How do I turn that off and startup with the text prompt? > > Thanks, > Cathy Cramer
from an earlier discussion, (16 Feb 2001), worked for me: ---------copied text--------------------- In Debian if "X" is installed, by default, boots into "xdm" "gdm" etc. depending upon your window manager installation. To avoid this, use [update-rc.d] program, meant for chang- ing init parameters in Sys-V init process. Read man for this. #update-rc.d -f xdm remove The things that are done by the script include removal of all system startup links for /etc/init.d/xdm ... i.e. /etc/rc0.d/K01xdm /etc/rc1.d/K01xdm /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm /etc/rc3.d/S99xdm /etc/rc4.d/S99xdm /etc/rc5.d/S99xdm /etc/rc6.d/K01xdm You will boot into tty mode therafter, and would have to use "startx" subsequently to get into "X". USM Bish --------------end quote--------------------
