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my aim is that when i start the computer I don't want gdm to show up i want to be left in command line and do startx whenever i feel like. most of the time i don't have to launch x to do what i need.
I tried to renaming the rc3.d scripts but it didn't seem to work.
If you really never want gdm, it's probably cleaner not to install it (rather than to install it and then shut it off with sysv-rc-conf). Installing the gnome-core package is a good way to do this. As far as I can tell, gnome-core doesn't include nor recommend gdm. That is, you don't even need to use the -R flag (= without recommended packages) in order to install it and keep gdm off your system.
This command would remove the monster meta-package gnome and replace it with the gnome-core base, all in one go:
Code:
aptitude purge gnome gnome-core+
After that you may find that you need to install a few packages to supplement gnome-core individually, but it's worth it to keep all the cruft off your system.
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