How to get ubuntu to not start X on boot

[Romeo Theriault]

Will I be able to start X again at some point if I need to?

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[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Waugh
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10:53 AM
To: Ubuntu Users
Subject: Re: How to get ubuntu to not start X on boot

On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 10:37 -0400, Romeo Theriault wrote:
> I am using ubuntu as a network analyzer and don't need the gui. How
> can I get it to start without the gui? I'm pretty sure it's in the
> inittab file but it's not commented very well and I'm not sure which
> runlevel to set it to.  Also, would it just be a simple startx to
> start gnome back up. 

Easiest solution:

  apt-get remove --purge gdm

If, for some reason, you don't want to remove gdm (even though that's
standard practice on Debian systems):

  update-rc.d -f gdm remove

- Jeff

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