stoping X from starting when debian etch boots

stoping X from starting when debian etch boots

[Nick Gawronski]

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

Re: stoping X from starting when debian etch boots

[Jan Buchal]

>>>>> "NG" == Nick Gawronski <nick@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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Jan Buchal
Tel: (00420) 24 24 86 008
Mob: (00420) 608023021

Re: stoping X from starting when debian etch boots

[Nick Gawronski]

Hi, If I am going to use software speech in gnome using orca or lsr do I
need gdm?  If I want to reinstall the rc.2 link what command would I
run?On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Jan Buchal wrote:

> >>>>> "NG" == Nick Gawronski <nick@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.
>
>

Re: stoping X from starting when debian etch boots

[Jan Buchal]

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

    NG> Hi, If I am going to use software speech in gnome using orca or
    NG> lsr do I need gdm?
No. gdm is graphical login screen only. You can start X from bsh with
startx script.

-- 

Jan Buchal
Tel: (00420) 24 24 86 008
Mob: (00420) 608023021

Re: stoping X from starting when debian etch boots

[Nick Gawronski]

Hi, If I uninstalled gdm and then wanted the startx script to start 
automatically when linux starts how would I do this?
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Subject: Re: stoping X from starting when debian etch boots


>>>>>> "NG" == Nick Gawronski <nick@nickgawronski.com> writes:
>
>    NG> Hi, If I am going to use software speech in gnome using orca or
>    NG> lsr do I need gdm?
> No. gdm is graphical login screen only. You can start X from bsh with
> startx script.
>
> -- 
>
> Jan Buchal
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> Mob: (00420) 608023021
>
>
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Re: stoping X from starting when debian etch boots

[Janina Sajka]

Hmmm, what kind of a hole are you stope?