Robert Menes wrote: > Hi folks, I have a Debian lenny-stable install that I need a little > memory refresher with. > > I need to boot and go straight to a terminal, and not start X on > bootup. I know there was a > way of doing so, but I forgot (I'm a little rusty and need to not be rusty). > > Can someone tell me how to just boot and land on the command line, > bypassing X? Thanks! > > --Rob > What I would do is deactivate [x|w|g|k]dm by editing the appropriate /etc/init.d/[?]dm script and adding a single line:
exit 0 as the first executable line of that script. There are a dozen ways of doing what you want to do; this is probably the method I'd use. -- Kent West <*)))>< http://kentwest.blogspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org