[plug] Xwindows startup

[Russell Steicke]

On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 04:48:09PM +0800, David White wrote:
> Hi all,
> 	Lastnight I got Debian Potato installed! Well there were a few problems 
> that arouse but they were all fixed, even booting w2k was easy even after 
> being told it wouldnt work. Well the prob now is that Xwindows autostarts 
> when I boot. all inits from 2-5 do this and i can't kill 'xdm' I would like 
> to have it so that I have to type startx when i want Xwindows. I thought 

# rm /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm  (I think)


> init 1 was only for 1 user or is that for multiply users. I still needed 6 
> terminals.

Runlevel 2 is multi-user for debian, and should be the default.  Runlevel
1 is single user, no network, normally used only for system maintenance,
or when trying to fix something.


> Also when I switch terminals I can't find Xwindows and I loss my display if 
> I go past a valid terminal (6)

X should be on vt7, but sometimes ends up on vt8.  Try Alt-F8.