Ubuntu text login

[Haines Brown]

> Spot the RedHat refugee - neither Debian nor Ubuntu work like that. Both
> start up in runlevel two, and runlevel three is (by default) exactly the
> same. To prevent the display manager starting you should either remove
> the links from /etc/rc2.d/ or change the contents of
> /etc/X11/default-display-manager.
> 
> Ewan

If a debian person may be allowed to but in here, I have found that a
text login is preferable, for there's nothing like getting stuck in a
loop due to a misconfiguration. The text login is not so pretty, but
it's just as simple. 

To disable it, the OP might consider instead changing /etc/rc2.d/Sxpm
to Kxpm (or do it to kdm or gdm, if ubuntu uses them). This makes it
easier to undo if he changes his mind.

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       Haines Brown
         KB1GRM
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