> man update-rc.d > > update-rc.d gdm defaults > I tried. But, no dice. I'm trying to learn more about how Debian handles it's init scripts. Watching very carefully when my computer boots, it's not even trying to stat gdm. So, I installed bum, and it doesn't show gdm as a service in ANY run level. could someone send me the result of ls in /etc/rc2.d Thanks, --andy