Disabeling xserver

[mbertrand]

What would be the best way to temporally setup Tiny to boot to console and not startx?

[gerald_clark]

Use the 'text' boot code.

[mbertrand]

Thanks

[mbertrand]

Ok, now that x is not running I want to run a none x application on startup. I gather that "~/.X.d" is for x only?
So where would be the right place to run my app at boot. I just try to test some thing without x but with out uninstalling x

[curaga]

Either bootsync or bootlocal in /opt, depending on whether your apps needs user input or not.

[mbertrand]

Yes I just saw this thanks.

[CentralWare]

Yes I just saw this thanks.

If you want to leave the system "as is" and do this yourself, you can shut down X (assuming you need the memory/resources for your script) or if you have ample resources, simply press <CTRL> + <ALT> + <F1> to jump over to a non-x shell and CTRL+ALT+F2 to return to the desktop.

To shut down X, here's a crude script I put together to do so for Tiny:

#!/bin/sh
sudo killall wbar
sudo killall flwm
sudo killall Xvesa
sleep 1
sudo umount /tmp/tcloop/flwm
sudo umount /tmp/tcloop/wbar
sudo umount /tmp/tcloop/fltk-1.1.10
sudo umount /tmp/tcloop/Xvesa
sudo umount /tmp/tcloop/Xprogs
sudo umount /tmp/tcloop/Xlibs

Odds are I haven't covered all the bases as there's probably a cleaner way to do this, but for the need I have it works well.
Hope it helps!