Stop X

phatboyz · 08-15-2006, 03:16 PM

Ok this is my first attempt to use linux other than RHEL and CentOS. I have installed debian sarge and do not want to get to a GUI. Usually this means editing /etc/inittab and set the run level to 3. Well its not working as it sill loads the Xserver. I would like to always get the CL and use startx if needed. I know this is simple but like I said I am new to debian and not linux in general. Oh and I love apt-get.

pljvaldez · 08-15-2006, 03:41 PM

In Debian, all the runlevels 2-5 are the same. They all have a gui if you installed a gui. I usually aptitude install sysv-rc-conf and then run as root sysv-rc-conf. It's a nice ncurses/text tool that lets you choose what starts at each runlevel.

Many people from RH notice this difference immediately. I'm not sure why Debian chose to do it that way (I think Slack does also), but RH's choice was also arbitrary and adopted by other distros.

farslayer · 08-15-2006, 03:53 PM

providing the runlevel is set to 2 as it is in a default debian configuration

mv /etc/init.d/rc2.d/S99gdm /etc/init.d/rc2.d/K99gdm

Simply changing the name of that startup link for gdm prevents the GUI from starting at boot.
if you leave your runlevel set to 3 change rc2.d in the command above to rc3.d

phatboyz · 08-15-2006, 03:58 PM

Thank you for the quick replys. I'll add that to my note book