[SATLUG] Booting Kubuntu 6.10 into Command Line

[Bruce Dubbs]

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.

With all due respect, baloney.  There is no "proper" tool.  Ever heard
of ksysv from KDE?  How about tksysv?  There are lots of front ends to
manage the startup scripts.  They are all basically front ends for rm
and ln -s.  *None* are the "proper" tool.  It's all personal preference.

> It is just a symbolic link so how you get rid of it doesn't really
> matter.

That I agree with.

  -- Bruce