[plug] Xwindows startup

[navarre at plug.linux.org.au]

Hello David

If you want to stop the XDM login, which is what suspect you want, and 
get back to a bask prompt, it will stop by issuing the command 
/etc/rc6.d/K99xdm. I do not run it myself but that is the directory you 
should find it. If you then have problems getting x to start ensure you 
have xclient-base installed.

Navarre 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 6/25/02, 5:16:04 PM, Russell Steicke <russells at plug.linux.org.au> wrote 
regarding Re: [plug] Xwindows startup:


> 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.