How to disable X Window on startup

Question

How do I disable X Window system on Fedora 11 box from startup at boot time ? Since host is used as a server and not as a desktop I'd like not to waste limited memory resources on X and Gnome.

Answer 1

The /etc/inittab file describes which processes are started at bootup and during normal operation. This file is used to start X windows system at boot by setting default run level to 5. Edit the file /etc/inittab using a text editor such as vi, enter:

vi /etc/inittab

Find line:

id:5:initdefault:

Replace with:

id:3:initdefault:

Save and close the file. Restart the server.

You can also drop to text mode by typing init command:

init 3

You should then be able to still run the command (if you need X)

startx

Hope that helps

Answer 2

Remove an init script symlink from '/etc/rc?.d/': it should be called 'S*-gdm'. You can also rename it from 'S*' to 'K*'. The '?' sign stands for a runlevel.