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[A. Jorge Garcia]

I would like to issue the command X -query 10.10.2.5 or X -broadcast from a runlevel 2 to login on my server remotely. How do I get my client PCs to boot-up to runlevel 2 (text only login screen - like a shell). I thought all I'd have to do is edit /etc/inittab but I'm still getting a graphical boot.

TIA,

[RockMumbles]

AJG, sort of off topic but ...

In debian systems the links to gdm, kdm, or xdm from /etc/init.d are in all rcX.d directories, do the following...
ls /etc/rc?.d/*gdm
it will show something like this:
/etc/rc0.d/K01gdm /etc/rc2.d/S99gdm /etc/rc4.d/S99gdm /etc/rc6.d/K01gdm
/etc/rc1.d/K01gdm /etc/rc3.d/S99gdm /etc/rc5.d/S99gdm

So what runlevel did you select to startup?
Let's assume you chose runlevel 3, and using my above system setup where I use gdm, so then either:
chmod a-x /etc/rc3.d/S99gdm # to make the entry non-executable
or
rm /etc/rc3.d/S99gdm # to delete the link

then when you boot up you won't have gdm started in runlevel 3

HTH

~rock

[A. Jorge Garcia]

Thanx, I just figured out exactly what you explained above withe kdm....

Thanx anyway!

PS: did you see http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtop...ghlight=#28179 ?