[PLUG] Booting into console mode

Carla Schroder carla at bratgrrl.com
Mon Jan 3 06:14:38 UTC 2005


On Sunday 02 January 2005 9:44 pm, Robert Kopp wrote:
> I am trying to boot into console mode (no X-server) to
> install something on Debian Sarge. Ordinarily one
> modifies inittab for this purpose, but it says
> 
> id:2:initdefault:
> 
> Since runlevel 5 is usually X mode, I'm not sure why X
> is coming up now! Anyhow, what is the easiest way to
> do this? 
> 

In Debian, runlevels 2-5 are all the same. So whatever you select at 
installation- text or graphical login- applies to all runlevels. Debian 
assumes you are smart enuff to customize it however you like. Or something 
like that.

Anyway you want the 'update-rc.d' command. For example, to make runlevel 5 the 
graphical runlevel, and all others text, assuming gdm is your graphical login 
manager:

# update-rc.d -f gdm remove
# update-rc.d gdm start 99 5 . stop 01 0 1 2 3 4 6 .

First remove all startup links for gdm, then explicitly assign gdm start and 
stop for each runlevel. A smart Debian noobie would buy my book and have all 
these answers at his fingertips. ;)

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