If I'm not mistaken, Debian does not differentiate among run levels 2 through 5. They are all the same out of the box. The user is welcome to fashion them differently if he wishes, but unless he does so, 2 is the same as any other run level (except of course 0, 1, or 6. Or has that changed with etch? Chuck On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 08:56:33AM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > Kenny, or anyone else who knows, how is it that the default run level > in /etc/inittab was still 2, but gdm/kdm/xdm started up anyway? I > thought that run level 2 meant that the system was supposed to boot > into text mode, and that the gui login managers weren't supposed to > start up. > > Greg > > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 05:05:04AM -0500, Kenny Hitt wrote: > > Hi. > > > > First question, do you plan to use Gnome? > > > > If not, you can remove some packages and get the system back to a text login. > > > > You need to remove the package called the display manager. It is probably gdm, but it might also be xdm or kdm. > > > > Try typing: > > > > apt-get remove gdm > > > > as root. If it succeeds, the next time you boot you will be at tty1 in text mode. > > If it fails, try running it with xdm or kdm. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Kenny > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- The Moon is Waxing Crescent (5% of Full) My new web site location is at: http://hallenbeck.ftml.net The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
