Disabling X on startup and few configurations help

Rostfrei · 03-04-2006, 09:16 AM

Hello!

I know that I while ago I was reading some howtos (don't remeber which) and I read that you can configure one file where you tell if X server will start at boot or not. Which file is that? As I remember it was yust one number change. I want to start X manualy.

I have newly installed Debian 3.1 with Gnome. I have few more questions:
- How to kill X when I go to text-mode console with Crl-F2? Because; when I startx there, it tells me that X is already running.
- Do native X11 and in my case Gnome use the same configuration file? I have wery old monitor and I have succesfuly configured it to 800x600 56Hz refresh rate (trough "Screen Resolution" setting). When I logout to login screen, this setting is discarded and I barely see anything because of the wrong settings for the monitor refresh rate. Cycling trough settings with Ctrl,Alt,+ does not help either (if I'm loged in and everything is ok and I start cycling between settings I cannot cycle to OK setting again...weird!)

Please help someone...its quite frustrating start....not to mention that I set to "Slovenian" keyboard, but still can't type specific characters (but about that another time).

Best regards,

ckoniecny · 03-04-2006, 09:24 AM

Change your init level in /etc/inittab.

Rostfrei · 03-04-2006, 09:28 AM

which line to which value?

ckoniecny · 03-04-2006, 09:32 AM

search for the line "init" and then change the runlevel from 4 to 3.

Rostfrei · 03-04-2006, 09:46 AM

By default in the inittab file it is:

# The default runlevel
id:2:initdefault:

...so I can't change from 4 to 3 because it is already 2 and gnome is still stated...

Oliv' · 03-04-2006, 11:04 AM

Hello,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rostfrei

Hello!
I know that I while ago I was reading some howtos (don't remeber which) and I read that you can configure one file where you tell if X server will start at boot or not. Which file is that? As I remember it was yust one number change. I want to start X manualy.

I have newly installed Debian 3.1 with Gnome. I have few more questions:
- How to kill X when I go to text-mode console with Crl-F2? Because; when I startx there, it tells me that X is already running.
- Do native X11 and in my case Gnome use the same configuration file? I have wery old monitor and I have succesfuly configured it to 800x600 56Hz refresh rate (trough "Screen Resolution" setting). When I logout to login screen, this setting is discarded and I barely see anything because of the wrong settings for the monitor refresh rate. Cycling trough settings with Ctrl,Alt,+ does not help either (if I'm loged in and everything is ok and I start cycling between settings I cannot cycle to OK setting again...weird!)

Please help someone...its quite frustrating start....not to mention that I set to "Slovenian" keyboard, but still can't type specific characters (but about that another time).

Best regards,

To kill X when it is already simply do "Ctrl+Alt+Backspace" (to work the DontZap option must be disable in server config file)
To prevent X from being started, use "rc-update" to disable the execution of X in runlevel 2

reddazz · 03-04-2006, 11:09 AM

Debian is a bit different to most linux distros when it comes to runlevels. To prevent X starting at boot up, do

Code:

#update-rc.d -n -f gdm remove

to enable X at boot up you would do

Code:

#update-rc.d -n gdm defaults

To just stop X whilst already logged in, do

Code:

#/etc/init.d/gdm stop

to start X,

Code:

#/etc/init.d/gdm start

Rostfrei · 03-05-2006, 01:22 PM

Thank you reddazz! That it exactly what I needed!

kushalkoolwal · 05-02-2006, 05:52 PM

or use
# update-rc.d -f ?dm remove stop 1 2 3 4 5 6

if you have multiple login managers

This is from
http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-L...3-08/4607.html