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[Magneto]

Magneto Wrote: 
> ???Why is it installed by default if its not the ubuntu way?????
> What is the "ubuntu way"?
how to boot without X
Martin Pitt martin.pitt at canonical.com
Sun Oct 10 16:37:07 CDT 2004

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Hi!

triad [2004-10-08 19:26 -0400]:
> Cant u just do this?
> 
> invoke-rc.d gdm stop
> update-rc.d -f gdm remove

No, this is a common misconception. update-rc.d is supposed to be
called by package scripts, not users. If you do this, then the next
package upgrade will restore the symlinks. The original approach
(modifying the symlinks) is correct, packages will respect that on
upgrade.

Martin
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Magneto