Gnome Display Manager

[Shawn Mahon]

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:28:24 -0700, Thomas Sapp <tpsapp at hotmail.com> wrote:
> How do I stop the GDM from starting up automatically?  Can I disable it
> long enough to log in as root and install an update to my video
> drivers?  I have tried pressing Ctrl+Alt+Backspace and it just
> restarts.  I have even tried gdm-stop after pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1 and
> logging in, but GDM restarts.  I have heard of the ability to log in to
> single user mode but I am not sure how to do that either.  I have
> already done searches on the internet and I do not keep a running file
> of emails from this list.  I am just asking for some help, please.
> 
> --
> Thanks,
> Tom Sapp
> http://www.sappsworld.com
> 
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Edit your /etc/inittab to say this

id:3:initdefault:

instead of this
id:5:initdefault:

THis changes your runlevel to 3 instead of 5.  You can change it back
to 5 after you're done installing your drivers.