Stop KDE from launching at boot 475

Robert M. Riches Jr.

I guess KDM, since I had a terrible time even getting all of KDE installed to the point where startx would actually work and boot into KDE (though now it seems fine - or as well as can be expected). I used the 1st CD of 14 only during install and have done 'apt-get install kde' and some others since -- but even after installing KDE, I stil could not get to a DE -- I found through 'apbreastude' some other those..then finally 'startx' worked

I'm using GRUB -- here's menu.lst

# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8) # grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8), # grub-md5-crypt,usr-share-doc-grub # andusr-share-doc-grub-doc-.

## default num # Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and # the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used. # # You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry # is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'. default 0

## timeout sec # Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry # (normally the first entry defined). timeout 5

# Pretty colours color cyan-blue white-blue

## pbuttword '--md5' pbuttwd # If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing # control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the # command 'lock' # e.g. pbuttword topsecret # pbuttword --md5 $1$gLhU0-$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe # pbuttword topsecret

# # examples # # breastle Windows 95-98-NT-2000 # root (hd0,0) # makeactive # chainloader +1 # # breastle Linux # root (hd0,1) # kernel vmlinuz root=-dev-hda2 ro #

# # Put static boot stanzas before and-or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST ## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified ## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ## ## default kernel options ## default kernel options for automagic boot options ## If you want special options for specifiv kernels use koptxyz ## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted. ## e.g. kopt=root=-dev-hda1 ro # kopt=root=-dev-hda7 ro

## default grub root device ## e.g. groot=(hd0,0) # groot=(hd0,6)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. alternative=true ## alternative=false # alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. lockalternative=true ## lockalternative=false # lockalternative=false

## altoption boot targets option ## multiple altoptions lines are allowed ## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options ## altoptions=(recovery mode) single # altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst ## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the ## alternative kernel options ## e.g. howmany=all ## howmany=7 # howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option ## e.g. memtest86=true ## memtest86=false # memtest86=true

## ## End Default Options ##

breastle Debian GNU-Linux, kernel 2.6.8-2-386 root (hd0,6) kernel boot-vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-386 root=-dev-hda7 ro initrd boot-initrd.img-2.6.8-2-386 savedefault boot

breastle Debian GNU-Linux, kernel 2.6.8-2-386 (recovery mode) root (hd0,6) kernel boot-vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-386 root=-dev-hda7 ro single initrd boot-initrd.img-2.6.8-2-386 savedefault boot

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian # ones. breastle Other operating systems: root

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS # ondev-hda1 breastle Windows 95-98-Me root (hd0,0) savedefault makeactive chainloader +1

Obviously a dual boot with win98 (1 HDD) -- need to seeetc-fstab ?? or fdisk -l, or others ?