On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 09:57:58 +0000 Andrea Crotti <andrea.crotti.0@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02/25/2012 09:13 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > I don't have GNOME installed, but I decided to use GDM. > > > > Isn't there such an entry as I've got: > > > > [spinymouse@archlinux ~]$ grep gdm /etc/inittab > > x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon > > > > - Ralf > > > > I had that line, but my interpretation was that if the initdefault is > 5 then do that. > Apparently the initdefault line was not taken into consideration. > > Now I rebooted again and with this line > id:3:initdefault: > > arch still boots in init 5, but at least it doesn't fire up GDM now. > So how on earth is it possible that it boots in init 5 even if I > declare the default to be 3? You have removed gdm from "/etc/rc.conf" at the bottom Pete . -- Linux 7-of-9 3.2.7-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Feb 21 09:51:29 CET 2012 x86_64 AMD Phenom(tm) 9600B Quad-Core Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux