Not starting X at boot

Not starting X at boot

[Cheryl Homiak]

I am trying to get garnome up and running and with it, of course, X. can
somebody using debian remind me how one keeps X from starting at boot. I though
i remembered it as being to not have xdm on your system, but neither apt-get or
dpkg like the idea of my getting rid of xdm and leaving the main package. I do
know how to get out of X if I do boot up with it, but I would prefer not to do
so at this stage.
Thanks.

Cheryl

Re: Not starting X at boot

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.  I didn't have a problem removing xdm, but you can just remove or
rename the link in /etc/rc2.d.  Note: this assumes you are still booting
into run level 2.

Hope this helps.
          Kenny
	  
On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 07:50:26PM -0500, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
> I am trying to get garnome up and running and with it, of course, X. can
> somebody using debian remind me how one keeps X from starting at boot. I though
> i remembered it as being to not have xdm on your system, but neither apt-get or
> dpkg like the idea of my getting rid of xdm and leaving the main package. I do
> know how to get out of X if I do boot up with it, but I would prefer not to do
> so at this stage.
> Thanks.
> 
> Cheryl
> 
> 
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Re: Not starting X at boot

[Shaun Oliver]

just remove the system startup scripts for kdm and xdm etc etc
gzip the main script in /etc/init.d so that rc.d thinks it ain't there
and type the following.
update-rc.d xdm remove
hth

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Re: Not starting X at boot

[Janina Sajka]

I believe the canonical way is to edit /etc/inittab and change:

id:5:initdefault

so that it becomes ...

id:3:initdefault

Change the '5' to a '3', in other words.


Cheryl Homiak writes:
> From: Cheryl Homiak <chomiak@chartermi.net>
> 
> I am trying to get garnome up and running and with it, of course, X. can
> somebody using debian remind me how one keeps X from starting at boot. I though
> i remembered it as being to not have xdm on your system, but neither apt-get or
> dpkg like the idea of my getting rid of xdm and leaving the main package. I do
> know how to get out of X if I do boot up with it, but I would prefer not to do
> so at this stage.
> Thanks.
> 
> Cheryl
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> Blinux-list@redhat.com
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				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

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Re: Not starting X at boot

[Cheryl Homiak]

Well, Janina, your solutin is the simplest so far.
I don't have the line you give, but i have
id:2:initdefault:
which makes sense if 2 is my default run level.

Can I change that from 2 to 5 without causing a problem?

Thanks.

cheryl

Re: Not starting X at boot

[Cheryl Homiak]

Oops, I wrote it backwards in my reply, didn't I? All the way through! Must be
time for more coffee ... or to stop drinking the stuff completely, one of the
two.

On Sat, 31 May 2003, Janina Sajka wrote:

> I believe the canonical way is to edit /etc/inittab and change:
>
> id:5:initdefault
>
> so that it becomes ...
>
> id:3:initdefault
>
> Change the '5' to a '3', in other words.
>
>
> Cheryl Homiak writes:
> > From: Cheryl Homiak <chomiak@chartermi.net>
> >
> > I am trying to get garnome up and running and with it, of course, X. can
> > somebody using debian remind me how one keeps X from starting at boot. I though
> > i remembered it as being to not have xdm on your system, but neither apt-get or
> > dpkg like the idea of my getting rid of xdm and leaving the main package. I do
> > know how to get out of X if I do boot up with it, but I would prefer not to do
> > so at this stage.
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Cheryl
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Blinux-list mailing list
> > Blinux-list@redhat.com
> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
>
>

Re: Not starting X at boot

[Shaun Oliver]

almost right janina,
the line should look like this.
id:2:initdefault:
for debian at least.
hth.

-- 
Shaun Oliver


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Re: Not starting X at boot

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.  I',m sure your solution will work in Redhat, but she is using
Debian.  Debian treats run levels differently than Redhat.

          Kenny

On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 03:16:42PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> I believe the canonical way is to edit /etc/inittab and change:
> 
> id:5:initdefault
> 
> so that it becomes ...
> 
> id:3:initdefault
> 
> Change the '5' to a '3', in other words.
> 
> 
> Cheryl Homiak writes:
> > From: Cheryl Homiak <chomiak@chartermi.net>
> > 
> > I am trying to get garnome up and running and with it, of course, X. can
> > somebody using debian remind me how one keeps X from starting at boot. I though
> > i remembered it as being to not have xdm on your system, but neither apt-get or
> > dpkg like the idea of my getting rid of xdm and leaving the main package. I do
> > know how to get out of X if I do boot up with it, but I would prefer not to do
> > so at this stage.
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Cheryl
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Blinux-list mailing list
> > Blinux-list@redhat.com
> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
> 
> -- 
> 	
> 				Janina Sajka, Director
> 				Technology Research and Development
> 				Governmental Relations Group
> 				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> 
> Email: janina@afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175
> 
> 
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> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
> 

Re: Not starting X at boot

[Cheryl Homiak]

Actually, changing to run level 3 from run level 2 did work.

Thanks.

Cheryl