On Wed 19 Sep 2012 at 02:21:00 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Pietro Paolini wrote: > > How disable the X-Server temporary ? > > It all depends upon how you are starting X. Are you using one of the > xdm/gdm/kdm/lightdm X display managers? I will assume so since that > is most typical. > > Do you really need to disable it? Ctrl-Alt-F1 gets you to the > first text console and Alt-F2, F3, and so forth for the next few linux > virtual consoles. > > I often use 'service gdm stop' (substitute the name of your xdm > program in place of gdm) to stop the running X server. But that won't > disable it for a reboot if that is the type of disabling that you are > asking about. Something that survives a reboot. > > In that case you can simply prevent those from running. They use a > file /etc/X11/default-display-manager to control which one starts. I > often hack that file and change the name to /usr/sbin/lightdm.disabled > to prevent it from starting and then remove the ".disabled" to allow > it to start again afterward.
Without hunting down and editing files there is: update-rc.d gdm disable -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120919085641.GJ20063@desktop
