Quote Originally Posted by dougvega
I'd like to be able to deside whether I want to start "X" or just text mode without having to go to KDM .
What configuration file do I have to edit
I can probably figure it out from there if not I can always ask again
You can just apt-get --purge remove kdm then you will boot to a console login every time or if you just want to remove the startup links then as root use update-rc.d -f kdm remove will remove all the links in the /etc/rc[0-6].d/ directories that are used by kdm during startup and shutdown. Note: The next time the kdm package is upgraded the links will be recreated unless you go and remove all but one of them in the directories by hand then the kdm install script that runs update-rc.d will leave it as you have configured it.