At 01:53 PM 9/18/02 -0400, Paul Kraus wrote: >For my install (redhat 7.3) >3 Full multi-user mode - I would assume this is the run level where >everything can run. > >However my system boots to >5 X11 - I assume this is for X-windows. Does that mean the 3 can't run >xwindows? Or that in 5 there is extra over head if you are barely using >x-windows?
In a technical senes, runlevels are arbitrary designations, used by init (by way of its config file, /etc/inittab) to run different setups easily. By custom, runlevel 3 is the standard multi-user, command-line runlevel. Similarly, but again only as a custom, runlevel 5 is the native-X runlevel (it starts xdm or an equivalent X-based login manager). You can easily run X from runlevel 3. Log in to a console with the userid you want X to run under, and run the program "startx". If your system was set up properly, this will start an X server on the first available tty (usually tty7 on typical runlevel-3 setups). As to overhead on runlevel 5 ... well, running X does use some system resources, as does running xdm or an equivalent. In that sense, there is "extra" overhead. PS - Paul, on Linux lists, .vcf attachments are generally viewed as useless clutter. PPS - These sorts of basic questions can often be answered by consulting FAQs, man pages, or HowTos. -- -------------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"-------- Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo Palo Alto, California, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
