Booting debian without starting a desktop

ahoeffner · 09-10-2011, 12:34 AM

When booting my debian i always get a desktop. It seems runlevel 2-5 is exactly the same.

/Alex

knudfl · 09-10-2011, 02:12 AM

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It seems runlevel 2-5 is exactly the same

Well, Debian has run level 2 by default.

Disable gdm : Edit /etc/X11/default-display-manager :
from : /usr/bin/gdm , to : false

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ahoeffner · 09-10-2011, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by knudfl

Well, Debian has run level 2 by default.

Disable gdm : Edit /etc/X11/default-display-manager :
from : /usr/bin/gdm , to : false

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Thanks

frankbell · 09-10-2011, 09:26 PM

Debian by default sets all multi-user runlevels to invoke the GUI.

What I did was get sysv-rc-conf and configure runlevel 3 not to start the gdm. It's in the repos.

I then needed to create a .xinitrc file in your /home/[username] directory for startx to start properly.

My .xinitrc contains one line:

Code:

exec startfluxbox

It worked for me.