Hi. Since you don't plan to use it, just apt-get remove xdm If (for some reason), you want to keep it installed, use update-rc.d to disable it in run level 2. You can use update-rc.d to disable any service you don't want to be started by default. Hope this helps. Kenny On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 03:29:44PM -0400, Christopher Moore wrote: > Hello again, > How do I prevent the xdm and xprint from starting when I boot? If I want > to run X I'd prefer to use startx. I looked in the debian-reference but > was a bit baffled by the suggestions. I actually tried one of them but it > appeared to have no affect. > > tia > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup