On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 04:58:35PM -0500, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > > > On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Larry Irwin wrote: > > >>On 12/8/06, Ishwar Rattan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I just installed Debian form the binary-1 CD and Internet. > >>The system used Gdm/Genome by default. How do I make not to start > >>X-windowes so that I can up dist-upgrade etc. (I think that it is > >>level 3)? > > > >I change all our Debian servers (~200 of 'em) to start up in character > >mode... > >That way only those who know what they are doing can navigate... > >Edit /etc/inittab, change "id:5:initdefault:" to "id:2:initdefault:", > ^^^ > that is what the /etc/inittab entry says now and prompted me to ask here..
that's correct and is the default setup for debian. look at the runlevel directories and you'll see that runlevel 2-5 are identical. You must customise it yourself if you want different behavior. A
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