Subj : Re: How to disable X server
To   : alt.os.linux,comp.linux,comp.os.linux
From : Variant
Date : Mon Aug 09 2004 06:48 pm

Jacob Arthur <yak2016@comcast.net> wrote:
> I am running Fedora Core 2, and I have a question which I believe should be
> relatively simple.  How do I prevent the X Server from starting on system
> boot?  I want to be able to start it after login with the startx command,
> but I don't want it started initially when the system boots.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jacob

See /etc/inittab.

Here is the relevant portion from mine:

# These are the default runlevels in Slackware:
#   0 = halt
#   1 = single user mode
#   2 = unused (but configured the same as runlevel 3)
#   3 = multiuser mode (default Slackware runlevel)
#   4 = X11 with KDM/GDM/XDM (session managers)
#   5 = unused (but configured the same as runlevel 3)
#   6 = reboot

# Default runlevel. (Do not set to 0 or 6)
id:4:initdefault:

....so, if you change "id:4:initdefault:" to "id:3:initdefault:" you'll 
swich to multiuser (non X11) mode. From there you can start X with 
"startx".

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