[SATLUG] Booting Kubuntu 6.10 into Command Line

[Samuel Leon]

Daniel J. Givens wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:05:36 -0500, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Samuel Leon wrote:
>>     
>>> Jim Wells wrote:
>>> You can try deleting kdm from /etc/rc2.d.  That's kind of the improper
>>> way but it works for me :D
>>>       
>> Why is that improper?  That's the way any sysV compatible system
>> controls what processes start in each run level.
>>     
>
> When you use update-rc.d, the "proper" tool, it simply creates or deletes the symlinks for you. So if you wanted runlevel 3 to not have KDM/GDM/XDM start up, you could delete it and it would be just as right as using update-rc.d. It is just a symbolic link so how you get rid of it doesn't really matter.
>   

Yes that is the proper way.  I can never remember the command.

Sam