In reply to Brian's mail, d.d. Thu, 13 Mar 2003 12:15:44 -0500: If you are keen on command line stuff: as root, edit /etc/inittab and set the initial runlevel to 3. It is documented inside the file.
When logged in, run startx to start X. Good luck! Paul >I am told that some Linux distributions have a non-GUI mode where you >can boot the computer and not have it automatically enter into the GUI, >but simply launch the GUI when i would like to. Does mandrake have an >option to do this? My Mandrake basic installation seems to almost >require the GUI to be running. It boots into the GUI, and from the GUI >there is no exit to a shell. -- A full cup must be carried steadily. -English proverb http://nlpagan.net - Linux by Mandrake - Sylpheed by Hiro
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