RE: [newbie] Runlevel 5 question
or type teleinit 3 at konsole and you will boot into console startx will bring up the gui -Original Message- From: C. CLOSE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 2:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Runlevel 5 question Barbara Pfieffer wrote: When I installed 7.1 I set it up to go to a graphical login. It works great. But, how can I change to just logging on in a console? If I need to that is. As always, if there is a HOW-TO or other info out there, please point me to it. Barbara Dear Barbara, The simple way is to look under the shutdown menu at the graphical login. You will find access to the console mode there. Note that you may have to press carriage return once to get a login prompt but after this all you have to do is login. To start an X session from this prompt either type "startx" or init 5 to get to your normal run level. Regards, Colin Close
[newbie] Runlevel 5 question
When I installed 7.1 I set it up to go to a graphical login. It works great. But, how can I change to just logging on in a console? If I need to that is. As always, if there is a HOW-TO or other info out there, please point me to it. Barbara
Re: [newbie] Runlevel 5 question
On Sunday 25 March 2001 12:20, you wrote: When I installed 7.1 I set it up to go to a graphical login. It works great. But, how can I change to just logging on in a console? If I need to that is. As always, if there is a HOW-TO or other info out there, please point me to it. Barbara OK well the easy way is to bring up an xterm any old time and type telinit 3 or if you want to leave the screen running, just use ctrl-alt-f2 or f3-f6 and you will have a real console ready to log in. ctrl-alt-F7 takes you back to the screen and leaves the console running. You can make an at-boot change by clicking on DrakConf=linuxconf and changing the runlevel. If you come up in 3, to get to 5 you can use startx (Windowmanager name) or startx or init 5 or xinit (window or xterminal name) The last is very interesting--I booted, told lilo linux 3 # BTW that is another way to go to console mode for a single boot to come up in runlevel3 then did xinit /usr/X11R6/bin/rxvt to bring up X with no WM, just a terminal. Then from the terminal I did sapphire to see the error messages as it tried to come up... Helped immensely with debugging. Civileme
Re: [newbie] Runlevel 5 question
Morning Barbara, On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Barbara Pfieffer wrote: When I installed 7.1 I set it up to go to a graphical login. It works great. But, how can I change to just logging on in a console? If I need to that is. As always, if there is a HOW-TO or other info out there, please point me to it. Hmm. A howto on that I think it's in the Tips howto http://www.linuxdoc.org In any case, it's simple enough, as root open /etc/inittab change the line id:5:initdefault: to 3 as below: # Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are: # 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this) # 1 - Single user mode # 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have # networking) # 3 - Full multiuser mode # 4 - unused # 5 - X11 # 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this) # id:3:initdefault: Meph -- "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -Dave '-ddt-' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
Re: [newbie] Runlevel 5 question
bjp wrote: When I installed 7.1 I set it up to go to a graphical login. It works great. But, how can I change to just logging on in a console? If I need to that is. As always, if there is a HOW-TO or other info out there, please point me to it. Barbara = I you just need to get into console mode once, or very occasionally, just type "linux 3" (w/o quotes) at the boot prompt. If you want to switch to runlevel 3 on an ongoing basis, you will neet to edit /etc/inittab Look for the line that reads: id:5:initdefault and change the 5 to a 3 Of course you must edit this file as root. HTH, Mike -- "Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, fighting, killing, and dreadful idolatry took place there." --Baltasar Rusow, Estonia, 16th century __ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
Re: [newbie] Runlevel 5 question
Barbara Pfieffer wrote: When I installed 7.1 I set it up to go to a graphical login. It works great. But, how can I change to just logging on in a console? If I need to that is. As always, if there is a HOW-TO or other info out there, please point me to it. Barbara Dear Barbara, The simple way is to look under the shutdown menu at the graphical login. You will find access to the console mode there. Note that you may have to press carriage return once to get a login prompt but after this all you have to do is login. To start an X session from this prompt either type "startx" or init 5 to get to your normal run level. Regards, Colin Close
