stoping X from starting when debian etch boots

[Jan Buchal]

>>>>> "NG" == Nick Gawronski <nick at nickgawronski.com> writes:

    NG> Hi, I have my system going into run level 2 but still X starts.
    NG> I would like to make X not start on system boot as I like to
    NG> have the system come up in text only mode then have the option
    NG> to start X later if I choose. What is the easiest way on etch to
    NG> stop the X server from running on boot?

You system probably start gdm, so you can remove startup link from rc.d
directories with this command:

update-rc.d -f gdm remove

You can still start gdm by hand of course with /etc/init.d/gdm start or
if you don't need gdm then you can start X direct with startup script
startx.

Best.

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