Re: XDM starting when not wanted

On Friday, October 19, 2001 8:22 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > How can I stop XDM from starting on > bootup? Easiest, IMO, is to just remove xdm: apt-get remove xdm But if you still want the package, you could use update-rc.d to disable the xdm startup script. Best, -=greg

Re: XDM starting when not wanted

cd /etc/rc2.d and either delete or rename S99kdm. (you can rename it to anything you want as long as it doesn't start with a capital S or capital K -- I usuallly rename mine to _S99kdm which works fine.) --kurt On Friday 19 October 2001 h:22 am, Barbara Pfieffer wrote: > I setup potato on an

Re: XDM starting when not wanted

apt-get --remove xdm -- Andrew J Perrin - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 269 Hamilton Hall, CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA On Fr

XDM starting when not wanted

I setup potato on an older Dell laptop. It worked great and I just kept updating everything, X windows and so on. It had uptime of 38 days when I finally decided to reboot. Somewhere along the way, xdm get set up to start on bootup for a graphical login. I do not want this, I want to boot to a