I believe the canonical way is to edit /etc/inittab and change: id:5:initdefault so that it becomes ... id:3:initdefault Change the '5' to a '3', in other words. Cheryl Homiak writes: > From: Cheryl Homiak <chomiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > I am trying to get garnome up and running and with it, of course, X. can > somebody using debian remind me how one keeps X from starting at boot. I though > i remembered it as being to not have xdm on your system, but neither apt-get or > dpkg like the idea of my getting rid of xdm and leaving the main package. I do > know how to get out of X if I do boot up with it, but I would prefer not to do > so at this stage. > Thanks. > > Cheryl > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@xxxxxxx Phone: (202) 408-8175 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list