How to get ubuntu to not start X on boot

[Hudson Delbert J Contr 61 CS/SCBN]

where in ubuntu is the map of what runlevels controls for ubuntu.

this page kinda give a generalist view of how-init and runlevels interwork.
does ubuntu vary much from this.

http://www.gnoppix.org/pages/rute/node35.html

if so, please enlighten us.

btw,,,havent tried it in a since 1996 on redhat, but how does enlightenment
run under ubuntu?

anybody got this running or under windowmaker?

~piranha

-----Original Message-----
From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com]On Behalf Of Jeff Waugh
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 7:53 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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