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FuckinLagger · #1 Post by **FuckinLagger** » 2005-09-23 19:21

Hello, I've downloaded and installed a new copy of Debian (3.1). I installed the graphical package, now, each time i boot Debian it's automatically goes into X. My question is: How can i exit X (I need it to istall graphical driver...)? and how can i make debian to boot to text mode and not X? Thanks in advance...

Harold · #2 Post by **Harold** » 2005-09-23 19:41

To boot to text mode, you need to either un-install or disable automatic startup of your display manager. I don't know what the default DM is these days for Debian, but I'm sure that it is either Gnome Display Manager (GDM) or KDE Display Manager (KDM). To un-install, do apt-get remove GDM KDM. If you prefer to disable rather than un-install, go to /etc/rc2.d/, find the line that looks something similar to S20GDM or S20KDM and delete it. You can always rebuild it later if you want to re-enable autostart.

<Ctrl><Alt><Backspace> will kill X.

FuckinLagger · #3 Post by **FuckinLagger** » 2005-09-23 20:32

Thanks a lot, I shall try it right away...

tuxdaemon · #4 Post by **tuxdaemon** » 2005-09-27 15:23

If the DM doesn't want to die off and keep respawning like they are supposed to do, hit ctrl + alt + f1 to go to tty1.

Login as root
ps ax

Find kdm/xdm/gdm and X process ids (Eg: 1212)
kill [PID]

Start with killing the display manager then X.
So assuming PID 1111 is Gdm_Greeter and 1110 is GDM, and 1112 is X, do kill 1111 1110 1112 to kill them in sequencial order. X will now be dead and killed off. Now you can install the drivers. For nvidia, sometimes it complains that X is still running probably due to a stale socket from the killing. Just type X :0 and hit ctrl + alt + f1 then ctrl + c the X-Window-System the right way to delete these locks/sockets. Then try running the installer again.

dawgie · #5 Post by **dawgie** » 2005-09-27 15:54

FuckinLagger wrote: and how can i make debian to boot to text mode and not X? Thanks in advance...

#echo false >> /etc/X11/default-display-manager
or open the file in a text editor and hash out the entry.

tuxdaemon · #6 Post by **tuxdaemon** » 2005-09-27 19:12

Yeah, I forgot to add that to my message. Hope this info we provided solves your issue.

b12 · #7 Post by **b12** » 2005-11-13 10:02

Hi,

When your in Gnome or KDE,

Press cntrl-alt-F1

This takes you to the console. To return press

alt-F7

While at the console, to shutdown the gnome:

/etc/init.d/gdm stop

to shutdown KDE:

/etc/init.d/kdm stop

or Xwindows::

/etc/init.d/xdm stop

To restart:

for gnome:
/etc/init.d/gdm start
I'm sure you know what todo for kde, and X

To stop them from starting automatically at boot up.

for gnome:
rename the start script,
cp /etc/rc2.d/S99gdm /etc/rc2.d/_S99gdm

Kde should be S99kdm
and X should be S99xdm

I hope I got all that right, and I hope that helps.

Best of luck!!

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