Stop GDM / xserver on boot

[Roland0]

Hi all,

I am setting up a file-server, (ubuntu server edition 9.10) and found myself stuck so I installed the xserver (along with gnome gdm) all 2 GB of it!

However, I would like to now like the server to startup without loading GDM and the xserver etc! (whats the point its a headless server!)

I assume that I most likely need to edit a startup file (init.d or a .conf file?) using nano / vi.

I would also like to be able to load the xserver by typing startx if i get stuck with the command line at any point!

If anybody can point me in the right direction it would be appreciated! (cookies available!)

Thanks!

 

[Roland0]

I got this: "sudo update-rc.d -f gdm remove" from here.

I am yet to see if this works, but from the looks of it it probably does.

Yup up can have a cookie for putting me in the right direction! But theres a whole jar waiting for when I setup my real file-server!


And double check what i wrote about the server having a head, I didn't say whats the point in a headless server like I think you read.

 

[Roland0]

I wonder if "sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop" would work since it was "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop" that installed everything! (2GB worth!)