On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 07:38:03AM -0500, Rafe B. wrote: > > I need to upgrade my video card. At present, my Debian system > > launches into X-windows all on its own... even the login prompt is in > > 'X'. > > mv /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm /etc/rc2.d/s99xdm > > ... or disable it in some other way. You might be using gdm, kdm, or wdm > instead of xdm. > On my machine, I configure runlevel 2 to be everything but X, and runlevel 5 to be everything including X. This can be done using update-rc.d:
update-rc.d xdm start 01 5 . stop 99 0 1 2 3 4 6 . I can change runlevels simply by issuing [EMAIL PROTECTED]:# telinit 2 (or telinit 5, of course). Then I can set the default runlevel by editing /etc/inittab: --- begin excerpt from /etc/inittab --- # /etc/inittab: init(8) configuration. # $Id: inittab,v 1.8 1998/05/10 10:37:50 miquels Exp $ # The default runlevel. id:2:initdefault: --- end excerpt from /etc/inittab --- Change to id:5:initdefault to boot into runlevel 5 instead of 2, and vice versa. This allows me to work in text-only or full graphical mode as required. Best regards, George Karaolides 8, Costakis Pantelides St., tel: +35 79 68 08 86 Strovolos, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nicosia CY 2057, web: www.karaolides.com Republic of Cyprus
