Booting linux without having X start automatically

Vulnix · 12-15-2005, 04:24 AM

Hey Guys,

I just bought a Nvidia 6800 GS and all the distributions I have tried are unable to auto detect it. I installed Ubuntu but I cannot get it to start without X starting automatically. However X doesnt crash it just displays garbage. I want to start into the console so I can edit the x config files.

Can someone shed some light on how to do this.

Thanks

fotoguy · 12-15-2005, 04:36 AM

Start in runlevel 3, there is a file /etc/inittab change the line:

id:5:initdefault:

to

id:3:initdefault:

It will now bootup to the command line

reddazz · 12-15-2005, 11:40 AM

The solution above does not work on most Debian based distros. You can disable gdm temporarily by doing /etc/init.d/gdm stop. You then start it again by doing /etc/init.d/gdm start. You can disable it permanently by uninstalling it or running "update-rc.d -f gdm remove".

fotoguy · 12-15-2005, 04:54 PM

OK I never used Debian before thought it would be the same as other distros.

reddazz · 12-15-2005, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fotoguy

OK I never used Debian before thought it would be the same as other distros.

They do a lot of stuff differently.