Turning off GDM

I was loading X from runlevel 3 in inittab, but I recently restarted my computer and GDM loaded, and I can't figure out how to turn it off. My /etc/inittab is below:
# /etc/inittab
# Runlevels:
# 0 Halt
# 1(S) Single-user
# 2 Not used
# 3 Multi-user
# 4 Not used
# 5 X11
# 6 Reboot
id:3:initdefault:
rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/6 linux
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
#x:5:respawn:/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon
x:5:respawn:/opt/gnome/bin/gdm -nodaemon
# End of file
Anyone have any ideas?

ok, I haven't touched my file:
# /etc/inittab
# Runlevels:
# 0 Halt
# 1(S) Single-user
# 2 Not used
# 3 Multi-user
# 4 Not used
# 5 X11
# 6 Reboot
id:3:initdefault:
rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/6 linux
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
x:5:respawn:/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon
# End of file
where exactly would
id:5:initdefault:
be placed? Does it matter?
The way I've setup kde to start automatically was by adding kdm to the end of my daemons list.
The only reason why I am considering this inittab approach is because I cant get the cron daemon to work for regular user without manually restarting it as root (/etc/rc.d/crond restart) every time I log in. The same is true for ivman, although I am able to start a regular user instance of it without any root privaleages, which may be how it works but, it seems I'm the only one with the crond problem as regular user. Could this runlevel 5 in inittab be the answer to these strange problems? What are the advantages of setting kde to runlevel 5 versus 3 or what ever it is as default?

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