How to stop X from starting at logon?

Kenny Hitt kenny at hittsjunk.net
Sat Dec 6 10:20:48 EST 2003


Hi.  That answer isn't correct for Debian.  Unlike some other distros,
Debian doesn't make different run levels for graphic or text logins.
You might not want to answer questions about a distro if you haven't
used it.

         Kenny

On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 09:53:18AM -0500, Erik Heil wrote:
> What you need to do is change the system's default runlevel for this to
> occur.  Various runlevels dictate whether the machine will boot into a
> graphics or text mode UI.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Al Puzzuoli" <alpuzz at comcast.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 4:36 PM
> Subject: How to stop X from starting at logon?
> 
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am running Fedora and using a combination of Speakup, BRLTTY and
> > Gnopernicus.  By default when I log in, the gnome desktop comes up.  I
> would
> > like to change the setup so that I log into a text mode shell and manually
> > run the startx command when I want the gui.
> >
> > Thanks for any help as to how to do this.
> >
> > --Al
> >
> >
> >
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