On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 01:15:18PM +0200, Benjamin Mesing wrote: > > > If your X configuration is broken and your X won't start then that is > > effectively the same thing as the proposed run level 3 anyway. So > > what is the point? > Well, I used to have problems with my graphiccard that hard locked the > system on startup. Being able to do boot into runlevel (RL) 3 without X > (that was back on SuSE), was really nice. I know single user mode can > handle this, but single user is not very comfortable (Who wants to work > with only one tty?).
Nobody. However, you're assuming that xdm et al will keep trying to start an X server, even if it fails. Luckily, the respective initscripts are far more clever than that. -- The amount of time between slipping on the peel and landing on the pavement is precisely one bananosecond -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]